{"id":5814,"date":"2009-09-28T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-dodgers-vs-pirates\/"},"modified":"2009-09-28T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-28T14:36:00","slug":"mlb-betting-dodgers-vs-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-dodgers-vs-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting: Dodgers vs Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at PNC<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander Hiroki Kuroda will take the mound for the Dodgers to start this game. Kuroda is 8-6 this season with a 3.46 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pirates will counter Kuroda with ace Zach Duke. Lefthander Duke has a 4.06 ERA to go along with a 10-15 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lastings Milledge’s bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning ended up clearing the bases because of an error by Andre Ethier, and the Pirates surprised the Dodgers 6-5 on Sunday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as +175 home underdogs, while the game played OVER the 8.5-run total listed by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andy LaRoche was 2-for-5 with two runs batted in for the Pirates, as Matt Capps got the victory in relief of starter Daniel McCutchen for Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rafael Furcal knocked in two runs for Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Jonathan Broxton was hit with the loss after allowing the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 93-63 SU
Pittsburgh: 58-96 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing San Diego are 7-3
After playing Pittsburgh are 5-5
After a loss are 10-0<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Chi Cubs are 3-7
After playing LA Dodgers are 3-7
After a win are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 15 of LA Dodgers’s last 19 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Dodgers’s last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Dodgers’s last 9 games
LA Dodgers are 9-3 SU in their last 12 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Pittsburgh’s last 19 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 17 of Pittsburgh’s last 24 games when playing LA Dodgers<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
LA Dodgers at San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, September 29
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Chi Cubs, Tuesday, September 29<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at PNC Park. Righthander Hiroki Kuroda will take the mound for the Dodgers to start this game. Kuroda is 8-6 this season with a 3.46 ERA. The Pirates will counter Kuroda with ace Zach Duke. … Continue reading MLB Betting: Dodgers vs Pirates<\/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-5814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5814","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=5814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}