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Pittsburgh Pirates at Philadelphia Phillies

Tip: Pirates WIN ($1.60)

Therumblings from the fans in Pittsburgh are growing louder by the day with their team falling down the NL standings and suddenly lacking the ability to put away ‘easy’ teams. One of those easy teams is the Phillies who will look to hand Pittsburgh its fifth straight loss to sub .500 teams when they meet in game two on Wednesday. The Pirates are now losers in 12 of their last 14 after dropping the opener to Philly, almost half of those losses against the likes of the Brewers, Reds and now the Phillies. One of the few hidden treasures for the Bucs at the moment is starter Ivan Nova (6-12, 4.12 ERA) who has been excellent since joining from the Yankees. He has turned in two complete games in his last four starts and threw only 94 pitches in his last complete effort which shows some great pitch location and control. He is 5-0 with a 2.53 ERA since the move and Philadelphia will be doing very well if they can get on top early. Even with the Pirates season essentially over, they’ll fight on and claim the win here.

LA Dodgers at NY Yankees 

Tip: Runs, Hits & Errors under 27.5 ($1.87)

The Yankees post season chances are hanging by a thread and they can’t afford to drop a home series if they are to make it to the playoffs. They will be desperate to even the series after the Dodgers topped them 8-2 on Tuesday after LA put up six runs in the first three innings. NY are sitting two games back from Baltimore for the second wild card spot and need to get their offence going again after their two losses have delivered just four runs total. CC Sabathia (8-12, 4.27 ERA) will need to improve for NY after getting pumped in his last outing, lasting just four innings. On the opposite side, Julio Urias (5-2, 3.69 ERA) starts and has not lost since getting the recall back in August. He’s allowed two or fewer runs in his last five turns which doesn’t go down well for a Yankees team already struggling with the bat. Even with the offence that LA showed on Tuesday the total runs, hits and errors just hit 28 which includes 2 errors from the Yankees. Runs won’t come as easy on Wednesday and the Yankees will likely stay cold.