Pittsburgh at Los Angeles

The last few seasons have seen this Pittsburgh club four games or more below .500 on the road after their first road trip, and decline from there. This is a much-improved team that plays into the closing two weeks of the season at just four under on the road. The Dodgers aren't even a .500 club at home on the season. They simply can't swing the bats consistently, and the loss of Ethier the rest of the way won't aid their cause. It shows up with Hiroki Kuroda on the mound who is just 11-16, despite a good and solid ERA of 3.25. What is more unbelievable than that is 7 of those 11 wins were by shutout, so when the Dodgers don't win when he is on the mound via shutout, he is 4-16! That makes matters look good for the Pirates here on the runline, as two of those seven shutouts were 1-0 affairs. Play Pittsburgh on the runline.