{"id":1579,"date":"2008-08-12T06:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/giants-astros-vegas-betting-odds\/"},"modified":"2008-08-12T06:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T11:41:00","slug":"giants-astros-vegas-betting-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/giants-astros-vegas-betting-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-Astros Vegas Betting Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Houston Astros on Tuesday when they battle the San Francisco Giants at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Minute<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Maid<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ace Tim Lincecum will be the starting pitcher for the Giants on this day. Righthander Lincecum is 11-3 this season with a 2.69 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Astros will be ace Roy Oswalt. The righthander has a 4.56 ERA to go along with a 9-8 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Astros listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ty Wigginton sealed the victory late with a solo home run as the Astros beat the Giants 3-1 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Astros were winners as -135 home favorites in that matchup, while the combined score played UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Houston starter Brandon Backe picked up the victory in that game after going seven innings while allowing only four hits and one run. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 5 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 50-67 SU<br \/>Houston: 59-59 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">San Francisco most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Houston are 6-4<br \/>After playing Houston are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Houston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing San Francisco are 6-4<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 9 of San Francisco&#8217;s last 12 games <br \/>San Francisco is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games when playing on the road against Houston<br \/>San Francisco is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games on the road<br \/>Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Houston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Francisco<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston&#8217;s last 7 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, August 13<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A winning streak will be on the line for the Houston Astros on Tuesday when they battle the San Francisco Giants at Minute Maid Park. Ace Tim Lincecum will be the starting pitcher for the Giants on this day. Righthander Lincecum is 11-3 this season with a 2.69 ERA. Starting this game for the Astros &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/giants-astros-vegas-betting-odds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Giants-Astros Vegas Betting Odds<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}