{"id":4816,"date":"2009-07-03T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/pirates-marlins-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-03T10:32:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:32:00","slug":"pirates-marlins-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/pirates-marlins-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates-Marlins Odds 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Florida Marlins on Friday when they battle the Pittsburgh Pirates at LandShark Stadium. <?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 Pirates will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Charlie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Morton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:GivenName>Morton<\/st2:GivenName> has a 0-1 record and a 4.09 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Volstad<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Marlins in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Volstad<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-7 with a 4.63 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 Marlins listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, 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 Pirates were defeated 9-8 in 10 innings by the Mets last time out, as -150 favorites. That game&#8217;s 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Garrett<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jones<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run and drove in three runs for the Pirates. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Capps<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered the winning run and was tagged with the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Marlins rallied with two runs in the eighth inning as they defeated the Nationals 5-3 for a sweep of the three-game series on Wednesday, as -170 favorites. That game&#8217;s eight runs went as a PUSH against the posted over\/under (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Cody<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ross<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two RBIs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Dan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Meyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> earned the win in relief, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Leo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nunez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> closed out the ninth with his fourth save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 36-43 SU<br \/>Florida: 41-39 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Florida are 5-5<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Florida most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Pittsburgh are 5-5<br \/>After playing Washington are 9-1<br \/>After a win are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Florida<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Florida<br \/>Pittsburgh is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Florida<br \/>Pittsburgh is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh<br \/>Florida is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games <br \/>Florida is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, July 4<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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Florida Marlins on Friday when they battle the Pittsburgh Pirates at LandShark Stadium. The Pirates will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Charlie Morton in this game. Morton has a 0-1 record and a 4.09 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be Chris Volstad toeing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/pirates-marlins-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pirates-Marlins Odds 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-4816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4816","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=4816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}