The Pirates challenging for the division title in the NL Central seemed too good to be true for the generally-terrible franchise a few weeks ago, and their poor play of late suggests they were in fact in over their heads.

And as a playoff berth turns back into a pipe dream for the club, they find themselves sitting at a longshot 65/1 at the Bodog Sportsbook on the World Series odds for this season, and at 30/1 odds to claim the NL Pennant in October.

The Pirates will go with Charlie Morton (8-6, 3.80 ERA) for Monday's opener, and the righthander can't be too pleased with his offense after he had to settle for a no-decision against the Cubs last time out despite throwing seven shutout innings. Pittsburgh ended up losing that game 1-0, and they're 4-6 in Morton's last 10 starts.

Against the Giants in Pittsburgh back on April 26 Morton took a no-decision after allowing one run on four hits over six innings of work.

Countering for the Giants on Monday will be Ryan Vogelsong (9-1, 2.19 ERA), and he's coming off an easy win over the Diamondbacks (one run on five hits over six innings of work). San Francisco is 6-4 over Vogelsong's last 10 trips to the mound.

The lefthander faced the Pirates back on April 28, getting the win after surrendering just two runs on four hits over 5 2-3 innings pitched while fanning eight batters.

Wrestling with the D-Backs for top spot in the NL West standings, the Giants are at 10/1 on the current World Series odds and at 11/2 on the NL Pennant list. Head over to the Bodog Sportsbook for all the MLB lines and totals for this week's series.

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