{"id":1651,"date":"2008-08-19T06:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/nationals-phillies-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-08-19T06:24:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T11:24:00","slug":"nationals-phillies-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/nationals-phillies-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationals-Phillies Pointers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Tuesday when the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies meet at Citizens<\/st1:PlaceName> Bank<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander Jason Bergmann will take the mound for the Nationals to start this game. Bergmann is 2-9 this season with a 4.26 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Phillies will counter Bergmann with ace Joe Blanton. Righthander Blanton has a 4.79 ERA to go along with a 6-12 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 230-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The National lost to Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 7-2 as a +140 underdog on Sunday. The nine runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pete Orr was 2-3 with an RBI for Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Odalis Perez took the loss after giving up two earned runs in six innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Phillies defeated San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 2-1 as a -220 favorite on Sunday. The three runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (7). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cole Hamels allowed only one runs in eight strong innings for Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Pat Burrell was 2-3 with a solo home run in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 10 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 44-81 SU
Philadelphia: 66-58 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Washington most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 3-7
Before playing Philadelphia are 6-4
After playing Colorado are 2-8
After a loss are 1-9<\/p>\n

Philadelphia most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 3-7
Before playing Washington are 5-5
After playing San Diego are 7-3
After a win are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington’s last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia’s last 6 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Philadelphia’s last 12 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, August 20<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Tuesday when the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies meet at Citizens Bank Park. Righthander Jason Bergmann will take the mound for the Nationals to start this game. Bergmann is 2-9 this season with a 4.26 ERA. The Phillies will counter Bergmann with ace Joe … Continue reading Nationals-Phillies Pointers<\/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-1651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651","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=1651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}