San Diego Padres vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Free Pick: Pittsburgh Pirates +1.5 (-185)
Friday, April 24, 2009 10:05 p.m.; MLB Baseball Odds
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A pair of 9-6 teams begin this series in San Diego with the Padres hosting the Pirates.
Pittsburgh is sending Ian Snell to the hill. He’s 1-2 with a 4.24 ERA but he has allowed two earned runs in his last 13 innings pitched.
Snell has had good success against the Padres, going 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA and a WHIP of 0.667. Last year he faced San Diego and won, 6-3, on the road as a +130 underdog. Padre hitters struggle mightily with the righty hitting .197 as a team against him with Chris Burke (0-6), Kevin Kouzmanoff (0-5) looking for their first hit against him.
San Diego sends Kevin Correia to the hill. He is 0-1 with a 4.09 ERA this season, only managing to get to six innings once in his two starts. Correia is a converted reliever taking up a spot in SD’s rotation.
He faced the Pirates once last season losing 7-0 giving up three of those runs in 4.3 IP. The Pirates hit .371 against him in limited at-bats. Adam LaRoche (.556), Freddy Sanchez (.600) and Nyjer Morgan (.333) lead the charge against him. The Pirates are hot coming off a sweep of the first place Marlins and the Bucs should continue their momentum tonight.
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