{"id":1670,"date":"2008-08-21T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/nationals-phillies-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-08-21T07:07:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T12:07:00","slug":"nationals-phillies-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/nationals-phillies-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationals-Phillies Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Thursday when the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Citizens<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Bank<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Nationals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Tim Redding in this game. <st1:City><st1:place>Redding<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has a 8-8 record and a 4.66 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be Jamie Moyer toeing the rubber for the Phillies in this contest. Lefthander Moyer is 11-7 with a 3.64 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 275-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Brett Myers had nine strikeouts in a complete-game shutout on Wednesday, leading the Phillies in a 4-0 win over the Nationals. The Phillies won that game as -250 favorites, but the four runs went UNDER the night&#8217;s posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Greg Dobbs led the way with a two-run blast, and Jayson Werth drove in a run for the Phillies. Myers earned his sixth win of the season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Collin Balester gave up four runs over six innings in suffering the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers had the Nationals listed as +220 underdogs. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 12 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 44-83 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 68-58 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Chi Cubs are 4-6<br \/>After playing <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 0-10<\/p>\n<p><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 3-7<br \/>After playing <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Washington is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against Washington<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Chi Cubs, Friday, August 22<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to LA Dodgers, Friday, August 22<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Thursday when the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies meet at Citizens Bank Park. The Nationals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Tim Redding in this game. Redding has a 8-8 record and a 4.66 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be Jamie Moyer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/nationals-phillies-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nationals-Phillies Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-1670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670","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=1670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}