{"id":1593,"date":"2008-08-13T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/cardinals-marlins-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-08-13T07:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T12:15:00","slug":"cardinals-marlins-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/cardinals-marlins-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Marlins Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The St. Louis Cardinals and the Florida Marlins will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Dolphin Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals will give the ball to starter Braden Looper in this one. Righthander Looper is 10-9 this season with a 4.20 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Marlins will counter Looper with Ricky Nolasco. Righthander Nolasco has a 4.07 ERA to go along with a 11-7 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Marlins listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Hanley Ramirez hit a three-run homer in the second inning, and that was enough as the Marlins beat the Cardinals 4-3 on Tuesday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Marlins were winners as -107 home favorites in that contest, while the combined score went UNDER the day’s posted total (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan Ludwick batted in all three runs for the Cards in that loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 66-56 SU
Florida: 63-57 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 3-7
Before playing Florida are 7-3
After playing Florida are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Florida most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 2-8
Before playing St. Louis are 4-6
After playing St. Louis are 4-6
After a win are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Florida
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of St. Louis’s last 9 games when playing Florida
St. Louis is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Florida
St. Louis is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games when playing Florida
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida’s last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Florida’s last 9 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Florida’s last 11 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, August 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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