Padres vs. Pirates Betting Preview - April 14, 2021

The San Diego Padres vs. Pittsburgh Pirates betting trend heading into this game strongly favored Pittsburgh and, in particular, the OVER.  Let's see if it makes sense to bet the Pirates at +185 or the OVER 7.5 for this game. 

Action and Line Movement

The total has moved from 8 to 7.5.  There is slightly more action on the UNDER.

Preview

The Pirates are 8-2 in the ten games leading up to this series.  That trend appears to be continuing Tuesday with the Pirates leading by a few runs as this was going to press.  And Pittsburgh was a big dog here.

There have only been 3 UNDERS in the last 14 meetings between these two teams.

San Diego right-hander Joe Musgrove threw the first no-hitter in Padres history Friday against Texas.

Musgrove (2-0, 0.00 ERA) will face Pittsburgh left-hander Tyler Anderson (0-2, 5.23 ERA) in the second game of a four-game series.

Pittsburgh's Anderson is coming off a loss to the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh's home opener Thursday, when he gave up three runs and 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings, with no walks and five strikeouts.

Anderson is 3-2 with a 2.61 ERA in nine career games against San Diego, eight of those starts. Musgrove is 0-1 with an 11.25 ERA in one previous start against the Pirates.

Wil Myers will be out of the lineup for San Diego.

This one should go OVER 7.5.

- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com