Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 39-38 Detroit Tigers play host to the 4-33 Pittsburgh Pirates today in MLB action on the grass of Comerica Park, July 2, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:08PM EST

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Pirates -131/Tigers +121
O/U Total: 8

Pitching Matchup
Francisco Liriano (L) W/L 4-6 WHIP 1.01 ERA 3.21
Kyle Ryan (L) W/L 1-1 WHIP 1.35 ERA 4.56

Pittsburgh defeated Detroit 9-3 yesterday. They are 2-0 on their road trip and 5-3 in their last 8 games. The Tigers are 2-3 on their homestand and 2-4 in their past 6 games.

The Pirates have a 3-2 lead in the season series and a 6-4 advantage dating back to 2013.

Liriano received a no decision in his last start, a 3-2 win over Atlanta. He threw 7 innings and allowed 2 runs for his 11th Q start of the year. The team is 5-10 in his 15 starts.

Ryan pitched .2 innings of relief in his last outing and surrendered 2 ERs. This will be his 4th start in 7 appearances and he has 1 Q start.

This will be Pittsburgh’s first look at Ryan.

For Detroit, OF J.D Martinez is 2-5 (.400) vs. Liriano with a HR, 2 RBIs and 1 SB while OF Rajai Davis is 7-23 (.304) with a HR and 2 RBIs. DH Victor Martinez has had his way with the veteran left-hander over the years and is 13-28 (.464) against him with 1 HR and 7 RBIs.

Pittsburgh at Detroit Betting Trends

The Pirates are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
Pittsburgh is 8-4 straight up in their last 12 games against Detroit.
The game total has gone over in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games on the road in Detroit.
The Tigers are 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games.
Detroit is 2-4 straight up in their last 6 home games.

Injury Report

PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Brandon Cumpton P 60-Day Disabled List
Corey Hart 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Andrew Lambo OF 60-Day Disabled List
Rob Scahill P 15-Day Disabled List
Justin Sellers 2B 60-Day Disabled List

DETROIT TIGERS
Alex Avila C 15-Day Disabled List
Kyle Lobstein P 15-Day Disabled List
Joe Nathan P 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Pittsburgh: 52%
Detroit: 48%

Free MLB Pick

We’re going to lay the money here in this spot on the Pittsburgh Pirates. Their starter today has pitched well on the road this season with a 2-2 record and 2.30 ERA. Six of his last seven outings overall have be Q starts. His historical stats versus the Tigers are not good with the roster hitting a lifetime .293 with a .527 slugging percentage, but his last two against them have been very solid including a 6 inning one run start back in April. Kyle Ryan first start this season was a Q start but he has very mediocre since then. His worst outing was his latest and that came during the day where he was tagged with three earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. Both teams haven’t been having a problem putting runs on the board so we’re going also lay a ½ unit on the over 8 runs.

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