{"id":1645,"date":"2008-08-18T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/astros-brewers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-08-18T06:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-18T11:31:00","slug":"astros-brewers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/astros-brewers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Brewers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Monday when the Houston Astros and the Milwaukee Brewers meet at Miller<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros will give the ball to starter Randy Wolf in this one. Lefthander Wolf is 8-10 this season with a 4.56 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be CC Sabathia toeing the rubber for the Brewers in this contest. Lefthander Sabathia is 13-8 with a 3.04 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Brewers listed as 280-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros defeated Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 3-0 as a -105 favorite on Sunday. The three runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Roy Oswalt pitched eight shutout innings, allowing only one hit while striking out 10 for Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Ty Wigginton was 3-4 with a home run and three RBI in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Brewers lost to the Dodgers 7-5 as a +145 underdog on Sunday. The 12 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan Braun smacked a two-run home run for the Brewers, while Mike Cameron had a solo shot. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 63-61 SU
Milwaukee: 71-54 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Milwaukee are 3-7
After playing Arizona are 4-6
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

Milwaukee most recently:
When playing on Monday are 7-3
Before playing Houston are 6-4
After playing LA Dodgers are 1-9
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston’s last 6 games on the road
Houston is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Milwaukee’s last 5 games when playing Houston
Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Milwaukee is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against Houston
Milwaukee is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Monday when the Houston Astros and the Milwaukee Brewers meet at Miller Park. The Astros will give the ball to starter Randy Wolf in this one. Lefthander Wolf is 8-10 this season with a 4.56 ERA. It’ll be CC Sabathia toeing the rubber for the … Continue reading Astros-Brewers Preview<\/span> →<\/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-1645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645","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=1645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}