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NYM vs. PIT
Sport: Major League Baseball
Game: New York Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
The Play: Over 8.0
Play Description:
Star Value: 1* (10 Units)
Writeup:
Welcome back. We had all intentions of respectively passing all selections until tomorrow (Monday), but we're going to have to lay one wager down for this afternoon. At 1:35PM EST, the Pirates are set to host the Mets in downtown Steel City. New York comes into this match up eleven games over the .500 mark, while the Pirates are virtually out of any type of contention at 55-68 this season. The side of this event is difficult to predict, but the listed total can be exploited.
Two very solid starters will be squaring off in Pittsburgh tonight. First, the Mets elect to put the highly touted Johan Santana on the rubber. The lefty is has a very solid ERA of almost 3.00, and he is 10-7 record-wise. Final scores have flown over the quoted total 13 times already this season when Johan starts for his team. After Santana does his work, he hands things over to that streaky bullpen. The pen for the Mets have thrown 16 innings in the last three games and racked up an ERA approaching 6.00. In the other dugout, the Pirates are putting right hander Jeff Karstens on the mound. Jeff has only pitched 22 innings for the Bucos and comes in 2-1 overall. The bullpen of Pitt is a similar story. The estimated available pitchers in the pen combine for an ERA of 4.10 this afternoon.
This is a perfect spot to capitalize. Odds makers in Vegas think their being sly by setting this total at just 8 and even juice, but no chance. These teams, with many of the same players, met six times last season...all of which SOARED over the total. This year they've met five times already, and four have gone over the total number. There are many, many trends and attractive statistics for this play. Don't let the ERA of these two pitchers steer you away. It's a great spot. Both of these teams can knock the seams off the ball, and tend to do so quite often. Pittsburgh has gone over the total 67 times already this year, and New York 63. Combined, that's almost 30 more OVER's than UNDER's between these two. Neither of these two teams have significant injuries that will inhibit the offensive explosion within the line up, so let's get this one.
We'll lay ten units down for a 1* wager on the OVER with this fish line. The Mets and the Pirates slug it out starting at 1:35PM EST.
TRENDS OF THE GAME:
- The OVER is 6-2 in the Mets last 8 games overall
- The OVER is 6-2 in the Mets last 8 games on grass
- The OVER is 10-1 in the Mets and Pirates last 11 meetings
- The OVER is 4-1 in the Mets and the Pirates 5 meetings this season
- The OVER was 6-0 in the Mets and Pirates 6 meetings last season
New York 6, Pittsburgh 4
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