Pirates/Rockies play

Pirates have lost 6 straight Skenes starts 

Yes Rockies are a bad team but Books have been SNATCHING all the Skenes $$$ for a month+ now

Last year Rockies beat Skenes in Colorado 

Now is it a guarantee Pirates lose another Skenes start no but the value is way to much to pass up. 

The juice on the alt lines is reasonably priced as well if Pirates win I dont see the books giving them a blowout 

I will dabble on Rockies ML +180 and also take them +3 -160 

If your uncomfortable laying the 160 parlay with something else you like 

Lets hope they continue the Pirates struggles with Skenes pitching 

Lets cash

This Pirates-Rockies series is feeling like deja vu all over again. Who will ever forget that weekend series last summer at Coors Field that began with The Big Cheese (Anthony Senzatela) allowing NINE runs in the top of the 1st. The lowly Rockies tried to fight back a little, but the Pirates kept responding and led 12-4 in just the 4th inning. 

Later on the score was a nutty 16-10 and then 16-12 heading to the bottom of the 9th when the Pirates disgraced themselves and their families by letting the fightin’ Rockies score a shocking 5 runs, capped off by Brenton Doyle’s walk off 2-run homer that gave the hometown heroes a wild 17-16 victory. 

With big and scary Paul Skenes scheduled to start the next night, the conventional wisdom was that he would surely restore order as a huge -240 favorite. And he did……for awhile. But the Rockies broke his shutout in the bottom of the 6th and knocked him out of the game and went on to rally for a second straight upset.

So will the valiant Rockies follow up last night’s lucky 1-run series opening win by beating the fearsome Skenes again? 

At this point anyone who is backing skenes is just chasing the "he wont lose them all" angle. 6 in a row and a -220 tag tonight whether he wins or not thats a horrific bet. 

The pirates havent been hitting for his starts (no surprise) and they couldn't even hit off a guy with a 8 era last night thats not the sign of a team who should be laying 220 to anyone. 

Naaaaaa sounds like the response of a book 

You playing Rox, MrB? 

Sugano is…. Special

Not planning on it, no. I’m on the Angels +149 and -1.5 +230. This will be my first bet on a game played in Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park.

@MrBator

 Fabulous and go Angels!!

Slimy Caesars Sportsbook has offered the Rockies +1.5 +126 for hours now, which is 6 cents better than the next best price.

That’s all the warning I needed to see.

That +1.5 +126 finally dropped to +1.5 +122. Still the best price.

If I was to bet this game it would be the under.

2-1 Rockies after 3 

So far so good 

Pirates 1st 5 ML was -250 

The prices they keep slapping on them with Skenes are just insane if anyone is dumb enough to lay that they deserve to lose

I should have taken rockies +2.5 1st 5 after the leadoff HR messed up there

These weakling Pirates have managed one baserunner in the last 5 innings, and that runner was immediately erased by a double play.

Since Spencer Horwitz led off the top of the 3rd with a single, the impotent Pirates are 0-17.

Brandon Lowe leads off the top of the 9th with a double to right center. Bryan Reynolds then grounds one up the middle that is smothered by a diving Willi Castro, but he couldn’t do anything with it. Then Ryan O’Hearn struck out and that’s it for Rockies reliever Brennan Bernardino.

Jaden Hill replaced Bernardino and immediately hit Nick Gonzalez with the first pitch to load the bases.

Great  stuff

You guys are NOT gonna believe this, but the Pirates botched their bases loaded opportunity. Tyler Callihan struck out and then Nick Mangum tapped one weakly to Kyle Karros at third. Karros gloved it but then protested that pinch runner Billy Cook interfered with the play and the umpires huddled and quickly agreed with him. Game over.

Congratulations, JFelty, on the Rockies +180 and Rockies +3 -160.

Great night for the good guys! Bravo! 

What a terrible job by the awful Billy cook. He comes in to pinch run and makes contact with Karros glove to end the game 

he should be sent straight to the minors to send a message 

2 big winners 

Books scoop skenes $$$ all over once again 

His faithful will be ready to run it back vs the Reds next weekend 

Skenes isn't the problem, it's the run support. The Pirates have scored 3 or less runs in 6 of his last 7 starts.

Does that continue? I never knew how to cap run support, seems random