Giants-Pirates Odds Preview

The San Francisco Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at PNC Park. The Giants will trot Barry Zito out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Zito has a 5-9 record and a 5.01 ERA this season. Zito's opponent in this one will be Charlie Morton. The Pirates righthander has a 4.29 ERA to go along with a 1-2 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Pirates listed as 122-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Garrett Jones hit a walkoff homer in the 14th inning for his second of the game as the Pirates edged the Giants 2-1 on Friday, as +125 underdogs. The team's played UNDER the posted over/under (7) Evan Meek tossed a scoreless 14th inning to earn his first victory of the season for the Pirates. Randy Winn scored the lone Giants run off a wild pitch. Bob Howry surrendered the winning run and fell to 0-5 in relief. Oddsmakers had the Giants as a -145 favorite in that game. Current streak: San Francisco has lost 2 straight games. Team records: San Francisco: 49-40 SU Pittsburgh: 39-50 SU San Francisco most recently: When playing on Saturday are 2-8 Before playing Pittsburgh are 2-8 After playing Pittsburgh are 4-6 After a loss are 6-4 Pittsburgh most recently: When playing on Saturday are 3-7 Before playing San Francisco are 6-4 After playing San Francisco are 5-5 After a win are 4-6 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco's last 7 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco's last 6 games on the road San Francisco is 4-15 SU in its last 19 games when playing Pittsburgh San Francisco is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Pittsburgh's last 9 games at home Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against San Francisco The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games Pittsburgh is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games when playing San Francisco Next up: Pittsburgh home to San Francisco, Sunday, July 19