{"id":5122,"date":"2009-08-02T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/nationals-pirates-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-02T08:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-02T13:49:00","slug":"nationals-pirates-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/nationals-pirates-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationals-Pirates Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at PNC<\/st2:PlaceName> Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Nationals will give the ball to starter Collin<\/st1:GivenName> Balester<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this one. Righthander Balester is 1-1 this season with a 4.00 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Balester’s opponent in this one will be Paul<\/st1:GivenName> Maholm<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The Pirates lefthander has a 4.70 ERA to go along with a 6-5 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Pirates listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates went up 2-0 in the three-game series by defeating the Nationals 11-6 on Saturday, as +105 underdogs. That game’s 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andrew<\/st1:GivenName> McCutchen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> led the way with three home runs with six RBIs for the Pirates. Virgil<\/st1:GivenName> Vasquez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed five innings for the win, allowing nine hits and three runs. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st1:GivenName> Zimmerman<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate with one RBI for the Nationals, who were -115 favorites. Craig<\/st1:GivenName> Stammen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up eight hits and six runs over three innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> has lost 4 straight games.
Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>: 32-72 SU
Pittsburgh: 45-58 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Washington most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing Pittsburgh are 2-8
After playing Pittsburgh are 3-7
After a loss are 2-8<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing Washington are 7-3
After playing Washington are 6-4
After a win are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Washington is 3-13 SU in its last 16 games on the road
Washington is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Washington
Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington
Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Pittsburgh is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Pittsburgh<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>, Monday, August 3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at PNC Park. The Nationals will give the ball to starter Collin Balester in this one. Righthander Balester is 1-1 this season with a 4.00 ERA. Balester’s opponent in this one will be Paul … Continue reading Nationals-Pirates Odds 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-5122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122","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=5122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}