{"id":4568,"date":"2009-06-14T08:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/tigers-pirates-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-14T08:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:28:00","slug":"tigers-pirates-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/tigers-pirates-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers-Pirates Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Detroit Tigers and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at PNC<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers will give the ball to starter Dontrelle<\/st2:GivenName> Willis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Willis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-3 this season with a 6.60 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Ross<\/st2:GivenName> Ohlendorf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Pirates. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Ohlendorf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-5 with a 4.82 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Pirates listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates banged out 16 hits and cruised past the Tigers 9-3 on Saturday, as -120 favorites. That game’s 12 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Freddy Sanchez<\/st2:Sn> cracked a grand slam home run to lead the way for the Pirates. Zach<\/st2:GivenName> Duke<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went eight innings on the mound for the win, allowing six hits and three runs. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Marcus<\/st2:GivenName> Thames<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in two runs for the Tigers, who were +100 underdogs. Armando<\/st2:GivenName> Galarraga<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up four runs in just two innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 34-28 SU
Pittsburgh: 29-33 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing St. Louis are 5-5
After playing Pittsburgh are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 3-7
Before playing Minnesota are 3-7
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a win are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, June 16
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, June 16<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Detroit Tigers and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at PNC Park. The Tigers will give the ball to starter Dontrelle Willis in this one. Lefthander Willis is 1-3 this season with a 6.60 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Ross Ohlendorf who starts for the Pirates. … Continue reading Tigers-Pirates 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-4568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568","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=4568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}