Florida Marlins (11-3) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (8-6) MLB Predictions: After starting the season red-hot, the Florida Marlins are now just trying to salvage the final game of this series and stop the Pittsburgh Pirates from sweeping them right out of PNC Park.
Despite winning last night’s game, 2-3, Pittsburgh suffered a devastating loss when they placed catcher Ryan Doumit in the DL with a fractured left wrist. Doumit is expected to miss at least 2 months and is projected to return sometime in late June or early July. 
For today’s game, which has a scheduled first pitch of 12:35 PM ET (9 AM PT), MLB Predictions oddsmaking experts at SBGglobal.com have posted the following Sports Odds: Florida Marlins [-103 ML] vs. Pittsburgh Pirates [-107 ML] MLB Predictions.
With the loss of Doumit, the Pirates are going to have to replace the switch-hitting catcher’s production out of the clean up spot. In all 11 of his starts this season, the switch-hitting Doumit batted in the cleanup spot.
Pittsburgh manager John Russell will likely be forced to move Adam LaRoche, who’s a legitimate power threat, up to the 4th spot in the lineup. The OVER/UNDER for this afternoon’s Florida Marlins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates MLB Predictions has been set at a combined total of 8 runs combined.
Today’s pitching matchup should be a good one, as Florida’s RHP Ricky Nolasco (1-1, 6.60 ERA) takes on Pittsburgh’s LHP Paul Maholm (2-0, 0.87 ERA). The Marlins’ young 26-year-old righty is coming off a frustrating start against the Washington Nationals. At our nation’s capital Nolasco gave up 2 runs on 7 hits and a walk on only 4 innings of work. For the Pirates, their starting lefty has been bulletproof this season. Maholm is 3-for-3 in quality starts after tossing 7 scoreless innings in a winning effort against Atlanta on Friday. Maholm is currently 2-3 with a 4.40 ERA in five career starts against the Florida Marlins.
