{"id":4963,"date":"2009-07-23T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/pirates-diamondbacks-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-23T07:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:53:00","slug":"pirates-diamondbacks-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/pirates-diamondbacks-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates-Diamondbacks Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Arizona Diamondbacks will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Chase<\/st2:GivenName> Field<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Charlie<\/st2:GivenName> Morton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Pirates on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Morton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-2 this season with a 3.21 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Dan<\/st2:GivenName> Haren<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Diamondbacks. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Haren<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 10-5 with a 1.96 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Diamondbacks listed as 220-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brandon<\/st2:GivenName> Moss<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a walk-off homer in the ninth to give the Pirates an 8-7 victory over the Brewers in the series rubber match on Wednesday, as a -110 pick’em. That game’s 15 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Doumit<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the way with two home runs for three RBIs. Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Capps<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> fanned two batters in a scoreless ninth to record his second win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Diamondbacks were edged 4-3 by the Rockies<\/st1:place> in the series rubber match on Wednesday, as -215 favorites. That game’s seven runs went UNDER the day’s posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Miguel<\/st2:GivenName> Montero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> smacked a three-run homer, while Scott<\/st2:GivenName> Schoeneweis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run and suffered his second loss in relief. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 42-52 SU
Arizona: 40-55 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 3-7
Before playing Arizona are 4-6
After playing Milwaukee are 2-8
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Pittsburgh’s last 9 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Pittsburgh’s last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Pittsburgh’s last 23 games
Pittsburgh is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Arizona is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Arizona’s last 9 games when playing Pittsburgh
Arizona is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Arizona’s last 20 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 24<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Arizona Diamondbacks will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Chase Field. Charlie Morton will be the starting pitcher for the Pirates on this day. Righthander Morton is 2-2 this season with a 3.21 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Dan Haren who starts for the Diamondbacks. … Continue reading Pirates-Diamondbacks 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-4963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4963","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=4963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}