{"id":5187,"date":"2009-08-07T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cardinals-pirates-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-07T08:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T13:52:00","slug":"cardinals-pirates-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cardinals-pirates-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Pirates Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Friday when the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates meet at PNC<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals will give the ball to ace starter Chris<\/st2:GivenName> Carpenter<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander Carpenter is 10-3 this season with a 2.10 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates will counter Carpenter with Paul<\/st2:GivenName> Maholm<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Maholm<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.75 ERA to go along with a 6-6 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 240-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals were shut down 9-0 by the Mets last time out, as -150 favorites. The nine runs went as a PUSH against the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kyle<\/st2:GivenName> Lohse<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up seven hits and five runs over 2 2-3 innings in suffering the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates were defeated 11-6 by the Diamondbacks last time out, as +110 underdogs. That game’s 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ronny Cedeno drove in a pair of runs in a losing effort for the Pirates. Steven<\/st2:GivenName> Jackson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up six hits and five runs over two innings of relief. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 59-51 SU
Pittsburgh: 45-63 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Pittsburgh are 3-7
After playing NY Mets are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing St. Louis are 6-4
After playing Arizona are 3-7
After a loss are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 7 games
St. Louis is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 5 games when playing St. Louis
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Pittsburgh is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, August 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Friday when the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates meet at PNC Park. The Cardinals will give the ball to ace starter Chris Carpenter in this one. Righthander Carpenter is 10-3 this season with a 2.10 ERA. The Pirates will counter Carpenter with Paul Maholm. … Continue reading Cardinals-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-5187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187","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=5187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}