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Giants -1.5 @5DIMES +110 (2-Dime play)
Since the Pirates switched their starter and went to the lefty Brian Buress I really like this match up. Buress will be called up from Triple A and while he's one of the Top 50 prospects he is young and the Pirates likely won't push him with a pitch count especially this early which leads to the Pirates bullpen which is never a good thing. They have a 6.56 ERA on the year and 7.17 ERA in their last 3.

Pirates have lost all their games by more than 1 run that they have lost. They are 7-16 in their last 23 vs. LH starter which they will face here tonight. Barry Zito coming off a nice first start going 6 innings and giving up 3 hits and 0 ER he had two quality starts allowing just 3 ER in 12 innings vs. the Pirates a year ago. Pirates are 0-5 in their last 5 in San Fran and the Giants are averaging nearly 6 runs per game in their wins and have a .300 average against LH pitchers thus far this season. I worry that they may struggle early, but I believe their patience will get Burres out of the game early and into the bullpen that has struggled big time.