{"id":4717,"date":"2009-06-24T06:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T11:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/indians-pirates-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-24T06:32:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T11:32:00","slug":"indians-pirates-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/indians-pirates-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Indians-Pirates Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Cleveland Indians and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at PNC<\/st2:PlaceName> Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place> in an interleague contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Indians will give the ball to starter Carl<\/st1:GivenName> Pavano<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Pavano<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 6-5 this season with a 5.73 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates will counter Pavano with Zach<\/st1:GivenName> Duke<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. Lefthander Duke has a 3.18 ERA to go along with a 7-5 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Pirates listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David<\/st1:GivenName> Huff<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> pitched eight scoreless innings to earn the win, as the Indians tripped up the Pirates 5-4 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cleveland<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> won as +105 road underdogs as the game resulted in a PUSH on the 9-run total set by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jhonny<\/st1:GivenName> Peralta<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was 2-for-4 with a big fly and three runs batted in for the Indians, while Grady Sizemore went 2-for-5 with two RBIs for Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adam<\/st1:GivenName> LaRoche<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 2-for-5 with a solo homer for Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, as Ian<\/st1:GivenName> Snell<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> took the defeat after allowing four runs over 2 2-3 innings for the Pirates. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 30-42 SU
Pittsburgh: 31-39 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Pittsburgh are 3-7
After playing Pittsburgh are 2-8
After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Cleveland are 5-5
After playing Cleveland are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Cleveland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Cleveland is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Cleveland is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games
Pittsburgh is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Cleveland
Pittsburgh is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home
Pittsburgh is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Pittsburgh is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Thursday, June 25<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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