{"id":1660,"date":"2008-08-20T06:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/astros-brewers-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-08-20T06:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T11:17:00","slug":"astros-brewers-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/astros-brewers-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Brewers Pointers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Wednesday when the Houston Astros and the Milwaukee Brewers meet at Miller<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lefthander Wandy Rodriguez will take the mound for the Astros to start this game. Rodriguez is 7-5 this season with a 4.15 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rodriguez’s opponent in this one will be Manny Parra. The Brewers lefthander has a 4.15 ERA to go along with a 9-6 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Brewers listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Geoff Blum hit a three-run homer to lead the Astros past the Brewers 5-2 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as +210 road underdogs as the game played under the 8.5-run total listed by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael Bourn drove in two runs for the Astros, while Brian Moehler gave up one earned run over 5 1-3 innings to get the victory for Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike Cameron was 2-for-4 with a run batted in for Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as Ben Sheets allowed five runs over six innings to take the loss for the Brewers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 64-62 SU
Milwaukee: 72-55 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4
Before playing NY Mets are 3-7
After playing Milwaukee are 4-6
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

Milwaukee most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Pittsburgh are 7-3
After playing Houston are 6-4
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Houston is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games
Houston is 4-12 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Milwaukee is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against Houston
Milwaukee is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games
Milwaukee is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at NY Mets, Friday, August 22
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, August 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Wednesday when the Houston Astros and the Milwaukee Brewers meet at Miller Park. Lefthander Wandy Rodriguez will take the mound for the Astros to start this game. Rodriguez is 7-5 this season with a 4.15 ERA. Rodriguez’s opponent in this one will be Manny Parra. … Continue reading Astros-Brewers 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-1660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660","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=1660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}