Pittsburgh
Pirates at Houston Astros (-165, 7.5)
The Pirates
should have just skipped this road trip – or at least brought bigger
bats. In nine games against Pittsburgh this season, Astros pitchers are
7-2 with a 3.42 ERA, throwing one complete game and adding four saves in
some close games.
Even more hurtful, the Pirates have struck out
69 times against Houston pitching. But then again, Pittsburgh doesn’t
do much damage against anyone on the road.
The Pirates are an
MLB-worst 13-44 on the road this season. Away from PNC Park, Pittsburgh
has scored an MLB-worst 169 runs and is second-to-last in batting
average at .234. The Pirates also have a league-low .290 on-base
percentage.
"It's tough. I've never really seen much like it,"
fired manager John Russell recently told the Associated Press. "We can't
win on the road. I think it's got to become a mentality at some point
for these guys that they need to rise to the occasion on the road more."
Even with Bud Black now at the helm, the results have remained
the same. Expect it to continue in Houston.
Pick:
Astros.
Arizona
Diamondbacks at Washington Nationals (-108, 9)
The
Arizona Diamondbacks are no strangers to seeing lots of runs. The
Diamondbacks have seen the over hit in 10 of their past 12 road games
and have a deadly combination of garbage pitching and sporadic hitting.
And
when the Nationals trot out gas can John Lannan on Friday, the snakes
will be ready for more fireworks. Arizona has scored 156 runs against
left-handers this year, the fifth-most in the Majors. For the season,
Arizona is batting .260 against South Paws with 38 home runs and 56
doubles.
Meantime, the Nationals have seen the over hit in five
of their past six games as it is 7-2-1 over the team’s past 10. The Nats
may have a pop-gun offense, but the squad is batting a solid .274 in
their own park to go along with 51 homers and 14 triples.
"As
good as we've been, we can do a lot better," Nationals third baseman
Ryan Zimmerman told the Associated Press. "It's exciting. If we can get
rolling and scoring some runs, the way our pitchers have been throwing,
we'll be a good team."
Pick: Over
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