Florida at Pittsburgh
Posted on | May 12, 2006 | No Comments
The Marlins come to Pittsburgh to start a new series against the Pirates today. The Marlins and the Pirates are two of the worst teams in the National league. Over the last 13 games, the Marlins have won just three, including three sweeps at home. Their overall record now stands at 9-23. Meanwhile, their foes today, are not much better. The Pirates have an overall record of 10-25. They have lost seven of their last ten games and have had losing streaks as high as seven already this year.
Sergio Mitre is on the mound for the Marlins. Mitre has two road games this year (against Houston and Philadelphia). He gave up two runs in each appearance and went six innings each time. He has no recent history against the Pirates. In 2005, he only faced two batters. This season, he is averaging just about 6 innings per outing.
Victor Santos is pitching for the Pirates today. Santos has had two home games this season (against Chicago-N and St. Louis). He averaged five innings and four runs per outing. Santos had one appearance against the Marlins last season. In that appearance he allowed 8 hits, 3 walks and 4 earned runs (8 runs scored total during his 4 innings).
The Marlins are scoring an average of 4.94 runs per game. The Pirates are scoring an average of 4.6 runs per game. The Pirates are the favorite today (-128) and the under/over is currently at 9 (-120).
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