{"id":4696,"date":"2009-06-23T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/indians-pirates-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-23T06:18:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T11:18:00","slug":"indians-pirates-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/indians-pirates-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Indians-Pirates Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:place><st2:PlaceName>PNC<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place> will be treated to a interleague game between the Cleveland Indians and the Pittsburgh Pirates when they take their seats on Tuesday. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Indians will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander <st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>David<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Huff<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this game. Huff has a 2-2 record and a 7.09 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Ian<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Snell<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Pirates in this contest. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Snell<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 2-7 with a 5.08 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Pirates listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Indians lost to the Cubs 6-2 as a +150 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over\/under total (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Jamey<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Carroll<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was 2-3 with a run scored for <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> and Jeremy Sowers gave up six runs on seven hits in 4 1-3 innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Pirates lost to <st2:State><st2:place>Colorado<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> 5-4 as a +125 underdog on Sunday. The nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (10). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Freddy <st1:Sn>Sanchez<\/st1:Sn> homered and drove in three runs for <st2:City><st2:place>Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has lost 6 straight games.<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 4 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 29-42 SU<br \/>Pittsburgh: 31-38 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Pittsburgh are 4-6<br \/>After playing Chi Cubs are 3-5<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Cleveland are 5-5<br \/>After playing Colorado are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 16 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 23 games on the road<br \/>Cleveland is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Pittsburgh<br \/>Cleveland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Pittsburgh is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Cleveland<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>Pittsburgh is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>Pittsburgh is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Wednesday, June 24<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fans at PNC Park will be treated to a interleague game between the Cleveland Indians and the Pittsburgh Pirates when they take their seats on Tuesday. The Indians will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander David Huff in this game. Huff has a 2-2 record and a 7.09 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/indians-pirates-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indians-Pirates Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-4696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4696","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=4696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}