MLB Pick: Pittsburgh Pirates (150)
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have suddenly gone 9-3 in their last 12 games, and they get the call at this excellent price today vs. the shaky Jason Marquis and the Chicago Cubs.

Marquis is 1-3 with a poor 5.26 ERA and 1.73 WHIP for the season, and in a year where Chicago is nine games over .500 at 26-17, they are just 3-4 in the games that Marquis has started. As if that is not bad enough, has is not getting any better, instead posting an ugly 7.88 ERA and a hideous 2.06 WHIP while going 0-3 in his last three starts. He has also allowed 14 earned runs over 13.1 innings in his last three career starts vs. the normally light-hitting Pirates.

Pittsburgh is playing good ball, and today’s starter Phil Dumatrait has been serviceable in his three starts so far. The Bucs are 3-0 when he has taken the hill, and he is coming off of probably the best start of his brief career, as he allowed three runs on only four hits in six innings in an 8-4 win at St. Louis.

The Pirates must feel good about snapping a 10-game losing streak to the Cubs by beating Carlos Zambrano here yesterday, and we now look for them to make it two wins in a row, again at a big price.

MLB Free Pick: Pirates +150

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