Fixture: Pittsburgh @ Colorado
Time/Date: 8:10 PM ET, August 10, 2013
Pick: Pittsburgh
Odds: -135 (1.74 in decimal odds) @ Pinnacle
This will be the second game of 3 game series played in Denver. Colorado won 10-1 last night. Season series is tied at 2 games apiece.
Pittsburgh is leading National League Central with 70-45 record and they are second best team in National League. They are 29-25 on the road. Colorado is third in National League West with 53-64 record.
Before yesterday's win Colorado was on 5 game losing streak, while Pittsburgh was on 5 game winning streak.
Pittsburgh has the best defense in entire MLB, they've allowed just 395 runs, 130 runs less than Colorado's defense. Pittsburgh's pitching staff has the best team ERA in MLB with 3.13, while Colorado is ranked only 25th with 4.27 ERA.
A.J. Burnett will be starting for Pittsburgh tonight. He is 5-7, 2.73 ERA after 20 starts in 2013. In his last start, 6 days ago, Burnett dominated Colorado allowing just 1 earned run while striking out 9 in a complete game. Burnett has allowed 2 runs or less in all of his last 7 starts, with 1.79 ERA in those 7 starts. He is 3-3, 2.58 ERA in 6 career outings against Colorado.
Colorado is sending out Juan Nicasio, who is 6-6, 5.05 ERA in 21 starts this season. He hes lost his last 2 starts allowing 12 earned runs and 6 walks in 8.1 innings of work combined. Colorado is 1-4 in Nicasio's last 5 starts as an underdog, 1-4 in Nicasio's last 5 starts as an underdog of +110 to +150 and 2-8 in Nicasio's last 10 starts with 5 days of rest.
Pittsburgh's center fielder Andrew McCutchen went 2 for 2 with an RBI against Nicasio last weekend, and is 3 for 5 with a double off him.
Colorado is 1-5 in their last 6 overall, 0-5 in their last 5 during game 2 of a series and 0-4 in their last 4 games vs. a right-handed starter.
Pittsburgh is 5-1 in their last 6 games as a favorite and I expect them to win tonight.
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