Padres vs Pirates Baseball Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Pittsburgh Pirates will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Saturday when they take on the San Diego Padres at PNC Park. Righthander Mat Latos will take the mound for the Padres to start this game. Latos is 10-4 this season with a 2.45 ERA. It'll be Jeff Karstens toeing the rubber for the Pirates in this contest. Righthander Karstens is 2-5 with a 4.67 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Padres listed as 175-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Padres scored four runs in the second inning and went on to defeat the Pirates 5-3 on Friday. San Diego won that contest as -115 favorites, while the eight runs went UNDER the posted over/under (8.5) set by sportsbooks. Kevin Correia went six innings for the win, allowing six hits and two earned runs for the Padres. Paul Maholm gave up four runs off nine hits in six innings of work in the Pirates loss. Current streak: Pittsburgh has lost 2 straight games. Team records: San Diego: 56-39 SU Pittsburgh: 34-62 SU San Diego most recently: When playing on Saturday are 5-5 Before playing Pittsburgh are 5-5 After playing Pittsburgh are 5-5 After a win are 5-5 Pittsburgh most recently: When playing on Saturday are 3-7 Before playing San Diego are 4-6 After playing San Diego are 4-6 After a loss are 3-7 A few trends to consider: San Diego is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh San Diego is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh San Diego is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games Pittsburgh is 4-10 SU in its last 14 games Pittsburgh is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Diego Pittsburgh is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against San Diego Next up: Pittsburgh home to San Diego, Sunday, July 25 Those who bet totals always wager with Stevie Vincent as mastering over/under has been his forte for years and no sports handicapper comes close.