{"id":4439,"date":"2009-05-19T06:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/pirates-nationals-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-19T06:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T11:14:00","slug":"pirates-nationals-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/pirates-nationals-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates-Nationals Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Washington Nationals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates at Nationals<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates will give the ball to starter Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> Karstens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Karstens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-2 this season with a 5.06 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Shairon<\/st2:GivenName> Martis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Nationals in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Martis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-0 with a 4.10 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Nationals listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Craig<\/st2:GivenName> Monroe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in three runs on Monday night to lead the Pirates to a 12-7 win over the Nationals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates got the victory as +110 road underdogs in that contest, while the combined score went well OVER the night’s posted total (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Delwyn<\/st2:GivenName> Young<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and Jack<\/st2:GivenName> Wilson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs apiece for Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in that victory. Nick<\/st2:GivenName> Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up three RBI in a losing cause for the Nats. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.
Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> has lost 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 17-21 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 11-26 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 3-7
Before playing Washington are 7-3
After playing Washington are 5-5
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Washington most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 3-7
Before playing Pittsburgh are 4-6
After playing Pittsburgh are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 7 games when playing Washington
Pittsburgh is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Pittsburgh’s last 9 games when playing on the road against Washington
Pittsburgh is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington’s last 7 games when playing Pittsburgh
Washington is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, May 20<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Washington Nationals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates at Nationals Park. The Pirates will give the ball to starter Jeff Karstens in this one. Righthander Karstens is 1-2 this season with a 5.06 ERA. It’ll be Shairon Martis toeing the rubber for the … Continue reading Pirates-Nationals Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}