{"id":655,"date":"2024-07-28T10:52:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T14:52:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-07-28T10:52:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T14:52:15","slug":"preview-pittsburgh-pirates-vs-arizona-diamondbacks-chase-field-showdown-on-july-28-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/28\/preview-pittsburgh-pirates-vs-arizona-diamondbacks-chase-field-showdown-on-july-28-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Arizona Diamondbacks &#8211; Chase Field Showdown on July 28, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a day marked by scattered clouds, the Pittsburgh Pirates will meet the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on July 28, 2024, with first pitch scheduled for 4:10 PM. Starting on the mound for the Pirates is Mitch Keller, whose ERA stands at 3.338. He&#8217;ll face Diamondbacks&#8217; pitcher Yilber Diaz, who enters the game with a 5.400 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 NL Central Division, the Pirates find themselves in ninth position with an even 52-52 record and a divisional record of 17-15, ranking third in their group. With six victories in their last ten games but currently on a two-game losing streak, the team has balanced home and away records, each standing at 26-26. The Pirates have scored 430 runs and allowed 441 runs across the season.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, the Diamondbacks, who are seventh in the NL West Division with a 55-50 record, demonstrate a slightly better performance with a 0.52 win percentage. They have won seven of their last ten games and are currently riding a four-game winning streak. The team&#8217;s performance at home is 28-24 and 27-26 on the road, with a notably better record in night games (34-21). They have scored a total of 522 runs and conceded 495 runs.<\/p>\n<p>From a betting perspective, the odds are intriguing for this matchup. The point spread is set at 1.5, with an over\/under of 8.5 runs. Betting lines show the Pirates as slight underdogs with a moneyline of -119, whereas the Diamondbacks are not far behind with a moneyline of -102. This suggests a closely contested game, with the edge potentially leaning towards the Diamondbacks, who are favored at home and riding a momentum wave from their recent wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a day marked by scattered clouds, the Pittsburgh Pirates will meet the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on July 28, 2024, with first pitch sched<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betwestvirginiasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}