{"id":5085,"date":"2009-07-31T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/nationals-pirates-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-31T06:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T11:15:00","slug":"nationals-pirates-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/nationals-pirates-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationals-Pirates Lines 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 = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:place><st2:PlaceName>PNC<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place> will be treated to a game between the Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates when they take their seats on Friday. <?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 Nationals will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander <st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>John<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Lannan<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this game. Lannan has a 7-7 record and a 3.25 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Ross<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Ohlendorf<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Pirates in this contest. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Ohlendorf<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 8-8 with a 4.51 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 Nationals listed as 130-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 Nationals were defeated 7-3 by the Brewers last time out, as +250 underdogs. That game&#8217;s 10 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Ryan<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Zimmerman<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> smacked a three-run homer, while <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>J.D.<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Martin<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up five runs over six innings in suffering the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Matt<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Capps<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up the winning run in the bottom of the 10<sup>th<\/sup> inning as thye Pirates fell 1-0 to the Giants last time out, as +160 underdogs. The team&#8217;s played UNDER the posted over\/under (7). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Matt<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Capps<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up the winning run and suffered his sixth loss in relief. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:State><st2:place>Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 5 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:State><st2:place>Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>: 32-70 SU<br \/>Pittsburgh: 43-58 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Pittsburgh are 3-7<br \/>After playing Milwaukee are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Washington are 7-3<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 4-6<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 \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Washington&#8217;s last 12 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh<br \/>Washington is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Washington is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh<br \/>Washington is 7-15 SU in its last 22 games <br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Washington<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 14 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 12 games when playing at home against Washington<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st1:Sn><st2:State><st2:place>Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>, Saturday, August 1<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 PNC Park will be treated to a game between the Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates when they take their seats on Friday. The Nationals will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander John Lannan in this game. Lannan has a 7-7 record and a 3.25 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/nationals-pirates-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nationals-Pirates Lines 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-5085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5085","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=5085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}