Indians-Pirates Lines Preview

The fans at PNC Park will be treated to a interleague game between the Cleveland Indians and the Pittsburgh Pirates when they take their seats on Tuesday. The Indians will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander David Huff in this game. Huff has a 2-2 record and a 7.09 ERA this season. It'll be Ian Snell toeing the rubber for the Pirates in this contest. Righthander Snell is 2-7 with a 5.08 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Pirates listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Indians lost to the Cubs 6-2 as a +150 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over/under total (8). Jamey Carroll was 2-3 with a run scored for Cleveland and Jeremy Sowers gave up six runs on seven hits in 4 1-3 innings. The Pirates lost to Colorado 5-4 as a +125 underdog on Sunday. The nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (10). Freddy Sanchez homered and drove in three runs for Pittsburgh. Current streak: Cleveland has lost 6 straight games. Pittsburgh has lost 4 straight games. Team records: Cleveland: 29-42 SU Pittsburgh: 31-38 SU Cleveland most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 6-4 Before playing Pittsburgh are 4-6 After playing Chi Cubs are 3-5 After a loss are 5-5 Pittsburgh most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 3-7 Before playing Cleveland are 5-5 After playing Colorado are 6-4 After a loss are 5-5 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 16 of Cleveland's last 23 games on the road Cleveland is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Pittsburgh Cleveland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road Pittsburgh is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Cleveland Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home Pittsburgh is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Cleveland Pittsburgh is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games Next up: Pittsburgh home to Cleveland, Wednesday, June 24