MLB
Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates: Pittsburgh Pirates (+ 1.5) /// 1.73
Last bet lost. I watched that game and when the score became 7-4 in Philadelphia's favor, the bookies were giving odds of “1.03” on a Phillies win before the 7th inning live. Well then came the unbelievable comeback from Pittsburgh. And yes, the Pirates have a huge advantage over Philly in quality back-up pitchers! I'll keep that in mind before predicting the 2nd game in this series. My betting scores are NBA 94-110 in favor of unsuccessful, MLB 55-49 in favor of successful, NHL 2-5 in favor of unsuccessful, NFL+NCAAF 3-8 in favor of unsuccessful.
New bet: Pittsburgh Pirates at home will not lose the 2nd game of the series to Philadelphia Phillies by more than 1 run. Too much turmoil has been experienced by the Philadelphia players and too little time has gone by. Pittsburgh's offense is in great shape! It's obvious! The Pirates had a simply awful starting pitcher Martin Perez, who got 6 runs in 3.2 innings. And still Pittsburgh won. That says a lot. Also, Pittsburgh has not lost by more than 1 run 11 times in their last 15 games against Philadelphia. The Pirates' starting pitcher, Luiz Ortiz, who will play in the 2nd game of the series, is much more reliable than Martin Perez. Luiz Ortiz started this regular season as a back-up pitcher, but his role on the team has grown to a starting pitcher. And he's very reliable! His stats: 6 games, 4 wins and 2 losses, covers an average 5.17 innings per game in which he gets an average 1.5 runs. He also has 0.84 strikeouts and 0.10 walks per 1 inning on average. That's just awesome stats! And Luiz Ortiz has only failed 1 game in 6. And in this successful games he never had more than 1 run. Philadelphia will have Cristopher Sanchez as their starting pitcher. His stats this season: 18 games, 10 wins and 8 losses, covers an average 5.71 innings per game, in which he gets an average 2.23 runs. He also has 0.85 strikeouts and 0.28 walks per 1 inning on average. Aaron Nola has much better stats for strikeouts and walks, but still got 4 runs against Pittsburgh in 5 innings. Bet? Sure! 😎😉