{"id":5149,"date":"2009-08-04T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-pirates-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-04T07:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T12:34:00","slug":"diamondbacks-pirates-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-pirates-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks-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 Arizona Diamondbacks and the Pittsburgh Pirates when they take their seats on Tuesday. <?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\">Yusmeiro Petit will be the starting pitcher for the Diamondbacks on this day. Righthander Petit is 1-5 this season with a 6.47 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be ace <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Zach<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Duke<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Pirates in this contest. Lefthander Duke is 9-9 with a 3.26 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 145-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, 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>Mark<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Reynolds<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-5 with two dingers and three runs batted in to lead the Diamondbacks past the Mets 6-5 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won as -185 road favorites as the game played OVER the 7.5-run total posted by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Doumit<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-5 with an RBI for <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in its 8-4 loss to <st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> cashed as +130 road underdogs as the game played OVER the 9-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 47-59 SU<br \/>Pittsburgh: 45-60 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Arizona most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Pittsburgh are 6-4<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 3-7<br \/>After playing Washington are 5-5<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 UNDER in 5 of Arizona&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh<br \/>Arizona is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Arizona&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>Arizona is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Pittsburgh<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Arizona<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 18 games at home<br \/>Pittsburgh is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Arizona<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> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, August 5<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 Arizona Diamondbacks and the Pittsburgh Pirates when they take their seats on Tuesday. Yusmeiro Petit will be the starting pitcher for the Diamondbacks on this day. Righthander Petit is 1-5 this season with a 6.47 ERA. It&#8217;ll be ace Zach Duke toeing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-pirates-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Diamondbacks-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-5149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5149","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=5149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}