Sunday, May 11, 2008

Braves-Pirates Preview

The Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at PNC Park.
The Braves will give the ball to starter Jair Jurrjens in this one. Righthander Jurrjens is 4-2 this season with a 2.84 ERA.
Starting this game for the Pirates will be Zach Duke. The lefthander has a 4.60 ERA to go along with a 1-2 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Pirates won their second straight of a four-game series with a 5-2 win over the Braves on Saturday, as -120 favorites. The seven runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9.5).
Jason Bay cracked a two-run homer and Ronny Paulino drove in three runs for the Pirates. Tom Gorzelanny allowed two runs over 7 1-3 innings for the win, and Matt Capps picked up his ninth save.
Mark Teixeira went 2-for-3 at the plate, including a two-run homer for the Braves, who were listed at EVEN odds in that game. Chuck James gave up five runs on five hits over six innings of work to suffer the loss.
Current streak:
Atlanta has lost 2 straight games.
Pittsburgh has won 5 straight games.
Team records:
Atlanta: 18-17 SU
Pittsburgh: 17-19 SU
Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 8-2
Before playing Pittsburgh are 7-3
After playing Pittsburgh are 5-5
After a loss are 3-7

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing Atlanta are 5-5
After playing Atlanta are 4-6
After a win are 5-5
A few trends to consider:
Atlanta is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
Atlanta is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Atlanta is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Atlanta is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta
Pittsburgh is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Atlanta
Next up:
Pittsburgh home to Atlanta, Monday, May 12

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