{"id":4458,"date":"2009-05-21T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/pirates-nationals-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-21T09:06:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T14:06:00","slug":"pirates-nationals-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/pirates-nationals-odds-preview-2\/","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 Thursday when they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates at Nationals<\/st2:PlaceName> Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ian<\/st1:GivenName> Snell<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Pirates on this day. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Snell<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 1-5 this season with a 4.93 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Nationals will counter Snell with Craig<\/st1:GivenName> Stammen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Stammen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> has a 0.00 ERA to go along with a 0-0 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Nationals listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates defeated Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> for the third straight game with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday, as +115 underdogs. The game’s three runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Freddy Sanchez<\/st1:Sn> scored the winning run off a wild pitch, and Jack<\/st1:GivenName> Wilson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in the other run for the Pirates. John<\/st1:GivenName> Grabow<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> got the win in relief, and Matt<\/st1:GivenName> Capps<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> collected his eighth save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Nick<\/st1:GivenName> Johnson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in the only run for the Nationals, who were +105 underdogs. Joel<\/st1:GivenName> Hanrahan<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up the winning run and was tagged with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 5 straight games.
Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> has lost 7 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 19-21 <\/font>SU<\/st1:GivenName>
Washington<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 11-28 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Chi White Sox are 2-8
After playing Washington are 6-4
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Washington most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Baltimore are 5-5
After playing Pittsburgh are 3-7
After a loss are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Pittsburgh is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Washington
Pittsburgh is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games on the road
Washington is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home
Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at Chi White Sox, Friday, May 22
Washington<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Friday, May 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Washington Nationals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Thursday when they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates at Nationals Park. Ian Snell will be the starting pitcher for the Pirates on this day. Righthander Snell is 1-5 this season with a 4.93 ERA. The Nationals will counter Snell with Craig Stammen. Righthander … 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-4458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4458","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=4458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}