{"id":4938,"date":"2009-07-22T06:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T11:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/brewers-pirates-odds-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-07-22T06:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T11:51:00","slug":"brewers-pirates-odds-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/brewers-pirates-odds-preview-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers-Pirates 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\">The division rival Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates are set to renew hostilities on Wednesday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>PNC<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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 Brewers will trot <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Suppan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Suppan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 5-7 record and a 4.43 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Pirates will be ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Paul<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Maholm<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The lefthander has a 4.28 ERA to go along with a 6-4 record 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 113-moneyline favorites versus the Brewers, 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\">Braden Looper tossed seven scoreless innings to earn the win, as the Brewers blanked the Pirates 2-0 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -130 road favorites as the teams played UNDER the 9.5-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Prince Fielder went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in for the Brewers, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Craig<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Counsell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-for-4 for <st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Virgil<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Vasquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed two runs over 6 2-3 innings to take the loss for <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, which managed only four hits on the night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 48-46 SU<br \/>Pittsburgh: 41-52 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Milwaukee most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 8-2<br \/>After playing Pittsburgh are 9-1<br \/>After a win are 2-8<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 4-6<br \/>After playing Milwaukee are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Milwaukee is 18-1 SU in its last 19 games when playing Pittsburgh<br \/>Milwaukee is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh<br \/>Milwaukee is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games on the road<br \/>Pittsburgh is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games <br \/>Pittsburgh is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Milwaukee<br \/>Pittsburgh is 1-18 SU in its last 19 games when playing Milwaukee<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 24<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Thursday, July 23<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 division rival Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates are set to renew hostilities on Wednesday when they meet at PNC Park. The Brewers will trot Jeff Suppan out to the mound in this one. Righthander Suppan has a 5-7 record and a 4.43 ERA this season. Starting this game for the Pirates will be ace &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/brewers-pirates-odds-preview-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brewers-Pirates 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-4938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938","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=4938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}