New York Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Free Pick: New York Mets (-115) - Thu Jun 4th 2009 12:35p
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The Mets have lost two straight and may benefit from the rainout on Wednesday as they wrap up their series in Pittsburgh with the Pirates this afternoon. New York figures to have Carlos Beltran in the lineup after dealing with an illness that may have affected John Maine too. Beltran will help a Mets lineup that has struggled to score. Mike Pelfrey goes for New York and he’s 4-1 with a 3.88 ERA this season. Pelfrey is 0-1 with a 2.18 ERA in his last three starts and is going against a Pirates team that he beat 2-1 last season in Pittsburgh. In that game he gave up seven hits in seven innings and no earned runs. He managed to hold Freddy Sanchez (0-3), Ryan Doumit (0-3) and Jack Wilson (0-2) hitless in that one and will not have to deal with Nate McLouth who is now an Atlanta Brave.

Pittsburgh sends Ross Ohlendorf to the hill where he’s 5-5 with a 4.45 ERA on the season. In his last 3 starts he is 1-2 with a 6.11 ERA, getting touched up by the Astros, White Sox, and Nationals for at least four runs in each outing. He has never started against the Mets, but they’ve managed to hit .727 against him in 11 at-bats. Luis Castillo (2-2) and David Wright (2-2) remain perfect versus the righthander.