Baltimore Orioles (32-33) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (33-34)
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Baltimore:
- Lost 3 of 4
Pittsburgh
- Won 4 of 5
*Game 1: 7:05pm
Brian Burres (4-5) 4.96 (1.49), 32/22 **L3: 13.50 (2.58)
vs.
Phil Dumatrait (3-3) 3.44 (1.41), 46/35 **L4: 1.85 (1.15)
Burres still hasn't been pitching well as of late and may be at the end of the line as a starter unless he shows his early season form and soon. Dumatrait has been very good over his last four starts and gives Pittsburgh the advantage here.
*Game 2: 7:05pm
Radhames Liz (1-0) 3.48 (1.17), 7/4
vs.
Zach Duke (4-4) 4.10 (1.52), 30/24 **L3: 2.76 (1.12)
Like Dumatrait, Duke has been on a bit of a roll himself pitching better than his numbers indicate and we all know how Liz has looked so far. He stumbled a little in his last start, but I think we do enough to edge out a win here. Advantage Baltimore.
*Game 3: 1:35pm
Daniel Cabrera (5-2) 4.35 (1.33), 50/36
vs.
Paul Maholm (4-5) 4.55 (1.40), 55/22
Cabrera has allowed six runs in both of his last two starts, so now, he going to have to prove that the success he had earlier this year was not a fluke and that he can return to form. Maholm has been up and down recently and they look pretty evenly matched statistically. I think both pitchers rebound a little in this one, but Pittsburgh comes out on top. Advantage Pittsburgh.
Sorry about this one being so short. I've been kind of busy lately and haven't had the time to get into this like I should. I haven't even been able to watch entire games either, but I did get the stats at least. Both teams have similiar records, but the Pirates have been the hotter team coming into this series. If DC can't improve here and has a third start of six or anywhere close to six runs, I'm going to start feeling like we're back to square one with him. I hope that doesn't happen though.
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