The Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at PNCPark.
RighthanderJoeBlanton will take the mound for the Phillies to start this game. Blanton is 8-6 this season with a 3.86 ERA.
The Pirates will counter Blanton with RossOhlendorf. RighthanderOhlendorf has a 4.15 ERA to go along with a 11-8 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 190-moneyline favorites versus the Pirates, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
RyanHoward went 2-for-5 with two homers and five runs batted in to lead the Phillies over the Mets 6-2 on Monday.
Philadelphia cashed as -300 road favorites, while the game played OVER the 7.5-run total set by oddsmakers.
The Pirates lost to Cincinnati 4-1 as a -135 favorite on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9).
DelwynYoung was 2-4 and drove in a run for Pittsburgh, while KevinHart took the loss after giving up three runs on six hits in five innings.
Current streak: Philadelphia has won 3 straight games.
Team records: Philadelphia: 72-50 SU Pittsburgh: 51-71 SU
Philadelphia most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 7-3 Before playing Pittsburgh are 7-3 After playing NY Mets are 9-1 After a win are 8-2
Pittsburgh most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 4-6 Before playing Philadelphia are 3-7 After playing Cincinnati are 5-5 After a loss are 2-8
A few trends to consider: Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh Philadelphia is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Philadelphia’s last 8 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia’s last 7 games when playing Pittsburgh The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Pittsburgh’s last 7 games when playing Philadelphia Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
Next up: Pittsburgh home to Philadelphia, Wednesday, August 26
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