{"id":4679,"date":"2009-06-21T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/pirates-rockies-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-21T08:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:39:00","slug":"pirates-rockies-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/pirates-rockies-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates-Rockies Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Pittsburgh Pirates will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Sunday when they take on the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace lefthander Paul<\/st2:GivenName> Maholm<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Maholm has a 4-3 record and a 4.23 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rockies<\/st1:place> will counter Maholm with Jorge<\/st2:GivenName> De La Rosa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> De La Rosa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 5.81 ERA to go along with a 2-7 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rockies<\/st1:place> listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rockies<\/st1:place> scored five runs over the final two innings to earn a come-from-behind 9-7 win over the Pirates on Saturday, as -160 favorites. The game’s 16 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ian<\/st2:GivenName> Stewart<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and three RBIs for the Rockies<\/st1:place>. Huston Street<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> tossed a scoreless ninth to pick up the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brandon<\/st2:GivenName> Moss<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had three hits and drove in two runs for the Pirates, who were +140 underdogs. Jesse<\/st2:GivenName> Chavez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs in suffering the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.
Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 31-37 SU
Colorado: 35-33 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 4-6
Before playing Cleveland are 5-5
After playing Colorado are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Colorado most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing LA Angels are 3-7
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 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Colorado
Pittsburgh is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
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 15-1 SU in its last 16 games
Colorado is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
Colorado is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, June<\/st2:GivenName> 23
Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at LA Angels, Monday, June 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Pittsburgh Pirates will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Sunday when they take on the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. The Pirates will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace lefthander Paul Maholm in this game. Maholm has a 4-3 record and a 4.23 ERA this season. The Rockies will counter … Continue reading Pirates-Rockies Lines 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-4679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4679","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=4679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}