{"id":4664,"date":"2009-06-20T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/pirates-rockies-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-20T08:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T13:48:00","slug":"pirates-rockies-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/pirates-rockies-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates-Rockies Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Coors Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates will give the ball to starter Charlie<\/st2:GivenName> Morton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Morton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rockies<\/st1:place> will counter Morton<\/st2:GivenName> with Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Hammel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Hammel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.27 ERA to go along with a 4-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rockies<\/st1:place> listed as 165-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brad<\/st2:GivenName> Hawpe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a two-run homer and drove in three runs to help lift the Rockies<\/st1:place> to a 7-3 victory over the Pirates on Friday, as -170 favorites. That game’s 10 runs went as a PUSH against the posted over\/under (10. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brad<\/st2:GivenName> Hawpe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the way with a two-run homer and three RBIs in leading the Rockies<\/st1:place>. Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Marquis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed 8 2-3 innings for the win, allowing eight hits and three runs. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andrew<\/st2:GivenName> McCutchen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-5 with one RBI for the Pirates, who were +150 underdogs. Ross<\/st2:GivenName> Ohlendorf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up nine hits and six runs over five innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.
Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 31-36 SU
Colorado: 34-33 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Colorado are 3-7
After playing Colorado are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Colorado most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing Pittsburgh are 6-4
After playing Pittsburgh are 5-5
After a win are 9-1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Pittsburgh is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
Colorado is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games
Colorado is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, June 21<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Coors Field. The Pirates will give the ball to starter Charlie Morton in this one. Righthander Morton is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA. The Rockies will counter Morton with Jason Hammel. … Continue reading Pirates-Rockies 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-4664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4664","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=4664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}