{"id":5136,"date":"2009-08-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/nationals-pirates-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-03T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T13:00:00","slug":"nationals-pirates-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/nationals-pirates-lines-preview-2\/","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 = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>PNC<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates when they take their seats on Monday. <?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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Garrett<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Mock<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Nationals on this day. Righthander Mock is 0-2 this season with a 7.25 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Charlie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Morton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Pirates. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Morton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-3 with a 3.72 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 Pirates listed as 150-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, 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 defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 5-3 as a +130 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Josh<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Willingham<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-3 with a home run and three RBI for <st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Zimmerman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-3 with two runs scored. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ronny Cedeno hit a two-run home run for <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Delywn<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Young<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added a solo shot. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn>: 33-72 SU<br \/>Pittsburgh: 45-59 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 Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Florida are 3-7<br \/>After playing Pittsburgh are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 3-7<br \/>After playing Washington are 6-4<br \/>After a loss 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 OVER in 6 of Washington&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 11 of Washington&#8217;s last 15 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh<br \/>Washington is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games when playing Pittsburgh<br \/>Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington<br \/>Pittsburgh is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Washington<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 11 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 15 games when playing at home against Washington<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 17 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, August 4<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, August 4<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 Monday. Garrett Mock will be the starting pitcher for the Nationals on this day. Righthander Mock is 0-2 this season with a 7.25 ERA. Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be Charlie Morton who &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/nationals-pirates-lines-preview-2\/\" 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-5136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5136","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=5136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}