{"id":5013,"date":"2009-07-26T06:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-26T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/pirates-diamondbacks-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-26T06:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-26T11:28:00","slug":"pirates-diamondbacks-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/pirates-diamondbacks-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates-Diamondbacks 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 fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Chase<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Field<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be treated to a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Arizona Diamondbacks when they take their seats on Sunday. <?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 <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Virgil<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Vasquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:Sn>Vasquez<\/st2:Sn> has a 1-4 record and a 5.54 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>Max<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Scherzer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Diamondbacks in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Scherzer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-6 with a 3.88 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 Diamondbacks listed as 175-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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Justin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Upton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> launched a two-run homer and drove in three runs as the Diamondbacks shut down the Pirates 7-0 on Saturday. The Diamondbacks won the game as -140 favorites, while the team&#8217;s played UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Doug<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Davis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed five hits over six scoreless innings to earn his fifth victory of the season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ross<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ohlendorf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was tagged for six hits and three runs over six innings on the hill for the Pirates, who were +120 underdogs. <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>: 43-54 SU<br \/>Arizona: 42-56 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 Sunday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing San Francisco are 6-4<br \/>After playing Arizona are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Arizona most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 6-4<br \/>After playing Pittsburgh are 5-5<br \/>After a win 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 UNDER in 17 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 25 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 12 games when playing Arizona<br \/>Pittsburgh is 8-15 SU in its last 23 games <br \/>Arizona is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona&#8217;s last 7 games at home<br \/>Arizona is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Arizona&#8217;s last 12 games when playing Pittsburgh<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, July 27<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, July 27<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 Chase Field will be treated to a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Arizona Diamondbacks when they take their seats on Sunday. The Pirates will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Virgil Vasquez in this game. Vasquez has a 1-4 record and a 5.54 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/pirates-diamondbacks-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pirates-Diamondbacks 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-5013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5013","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=5013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}