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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

MLB Odds: White Sox vs Pirates

 

Courtesy of OddsShark.com:

The Chicago White Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at PNC Park.
The White Sox will give the ball to starter Freddy Garcia in this one. Righthander Garcia is 6-3 this season with a 4.82 ERA.
It'll be Brad Lincoln toeing the rubber for the Pirates in this contest. Righthander Lincoln is 0-0 with a 7.50 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The White Sox lost to the Cubs 1-0 as a +125 underdog on Sunday. The one run scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8.5).
Gavin Floyd took the loss for the White Sox after allowing one run on three hits in eight innings.
The Pirates lost to Detroit 4-3 as a +175 underdog on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9).
Garrett Jones homered and drove in two runs for Pittsburgh and Jeff Karstens allowed two runs on six hits in seven innings.
Current streak:
Pittsburgh has lost 8 straight games.
Team records:
Chicago: 28-34 SU
Pittsburgh: 23-40 SU
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing Pittsburgh are 6-4
After playing Chi Cubs are 7-3
After a loss are 8-2

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 3-7
Before playing Chi White Sox are 2-8
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a loss are 2-8
A few trends to consider:
Chi White Sox are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh
Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games
Chi White Sox are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Pittsburgh's last 10 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox
Pittsburgh is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games at home
Next up:
Pittsburgh home to Chi White Sox, Wednesday, June 16

Stevie Vincent is the former Executive Editor of the scorephone Tailgate Parties, which were the reports every gambler flocked to in the pre-Internet days. A pro gambler since 1993, his picks went public in 2007. He is the founder of groundbreaking forensic sports handicapping.