In which the Pirates host the hapless Miami Marlins A couple of teams collide Tuesday in Pittsburgh.
Willie’s MLB season picks album: 100-108-5 (-2.75 units)
Exciting playoff races are the norm for the baseball program this time of year. Unfortunately for some teams, but it’s also a time for looking ahead to next season and playing the series out. Such is the week’s series in Pittsburgh between the Miami and Pirates Marlins.
Miami will expand its string of becoming the underdog to Pittsburgh being sent by 33-straight matches with BetOnline outside chalk. The Pirates are trotting Mitch Keller (1-3, 8.62) from the bulge in the opener while the Marlins flip into Sandy Alcantara (4-12, 4.22), and Tuesday’s complete is 9 using all the’beneath’ costing players a bit more.
For Don Mattingly along with the Marlins, the goal is to refrain from losing over 11 matches in September to prevent a 100-loss effort. Contemplating their month was a 13-14 showing in June and they’re coming off a 7-22 month of August, which might appear improbable. After only being sailed over the weekend in DC, miami has dropped 15-straight over the road.
Alcantara has pitched well for the Marlins to have won his past five starts, however they lost four of these with Alcantara no-decisioning during the stretch from the lone win. Tuesday is his first look in PNC Park.
Pittsburgh bats came alive this weekend at Colorado, helping the Pirates to some 4-game sweep of the Rockies and offering them eight wins at the last ten games. Kevin Newman clubbed three homers along with moved 10-for-17 in the series.
Keller was battered at Philadelphia in a 12-3 Pittsburgh loss on a +135 money line a week for eight runs in four glasses. The rookie was coming off a wonderful outing earlier that at home, working and allowing just a run.
Pittsburgh will have to consider two of those 3 games so as to accomplish that objective and takes aim. The Pirates won two of those three back in June, providing six wins in the previous seven encounters to them.
Two of these hopped totals from the 8-81/2 scope, but two of those last three at PNC Park failed to reach the scoreboard targets.
The weatherman is calling for clear skies and temps in the upper-70s for Tuesday’s original pitch, a light NW breeze (left to right) also in the mix. I love the’over’ to my spare MLB pick since the bullpens allowed in enough runs that are late to send it beyond the mark.
Free MLB Pick: Over at BetOnline
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