{"id":1668,"date":"2008-08-21T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/rockies-dodgers-who-willl-cover\/"},"modified":"2008-08-21T07:03:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T12:03:00","slug":"rockies-dodgers-who-willl-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/rockies-dodgers-who-willl-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies-Dodgers Who Willl Cover?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Thursday when the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers meet at Dodger Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rockies<\/st1:place> will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jorge De La Rosa in this game. De La Rosa has a 6-6 record and a 6.55 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Derek Lowe toeing the rubber for the Dodgers in this contest. Righthander Lowe is 9-10 with a 3.99 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 200-moneyline favorites versus the Rockies<\/st1:place>, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brad Hawpe drove in the winning run to lift the Rockies<\/st1:place> to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Wednesday, as +180 underdogs. The seven runs fell just UNDER the posted over\/under (7.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Hawpe finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs for the Rockies<\/st1:place>. Taylor Buchholz improved to 6-3 with the win, and Brian Fuentes notched his 24th<\/sup> save in the contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Russell Martin had two hits in four trips to the plate for the Dodgers, who were favored at -200 in that game. Jonathan Broxton gave up the winning run and was tagged with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 5 straight games.
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 59-69 SU
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 64-62 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Colorado most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Cincinnati are 6-4
After playing LA Dodgers are 8-2
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Philadelphia are 7-3
After playing Colorado are 3-7
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Colorado is 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing LA Dodgers
Colorado is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers are 8-3 SU in their last 11 games at home
LA Dodgers are 6-3 SU in their last 9 games
LA Dodgers are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
LA Dodgers are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games when playing Colorado<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, August 22
LA Dodgers at Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, August 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Thursday when the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers meet at Dodger Stadium. The Rockies will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jorge De La Rosa in this game. De La Rosa has a 6-6 record and a 6.55 ERA this season. It’ll … Continue reading Rockies-Dodgers Who Willl Cover?<\/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-1668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668","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=1668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}