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Total of the Week MLB
(MLB) Pirates (PIT) vs. Diamondbacks (ARI),
Total: 8.50 | -108.00 Over
Result: Win
Total: 8.50 | -108.00 Over
Result: Win
#909/910 ASA PLAY ON Over 8.5 Runs - Pittsburgh Pirates at Arizona Diamondbacks, Sunday at 4:10 PM ET - The Diamondbacks continue to trend toward very high-scoring games and we will take advantage of the low total posted on Sunday's game. The Pirates Mitch Keller is off a strong home start versus St Louis but he gave up 26 hits in 21.2 innings in the 4 starts prior to that one. He has been very hittable and has given up 5 homers in his 4 starts this month too. Keller has a 4.04 ERA on the road and opponents are hitting around .300 against him over his last 5 starts. The Diamondbacks start rookie Yilber Diaz. He is making just his 4th start at the MLB level. After his strikeouts tailed off from his 1st start to his 2nd start then his 3rd start things got even worse. Diaz got rocked and allowed 7 earned runs in 3 innings and did not register a single strikeout. We are confident the Pirates will get to him here. We also like how potent this Arizona lineup has been. So this one shapes up for a solid back and forth battle with plenty of scoring. Arizona has won 16 of 23 games and some big hitting games have certainly helped lead the way. The Diamondbacks have scored 6 runs per game on average during this 23-game stretch. The Pirates bullpen ERA ranks 24th and Arizona's ranks 20th so look for runs throughout this game! Over is the call in this one Sunday afternoon.