{"id":1679,"date":"2008-08-22T06:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/dodgers-phillies-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-08-22T06:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T11:54:00","slug":"dodgers-phillies-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/dodgers-phillies-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers-Phillies Pointers"},"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\">The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they 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 Dodgers will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Greg Maddux in this game. Maddux has a 6-9 record and a 3.99 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Phillies will be Kyle Kendrick. The righthander has a 5.01 ERA to go along with a 10-7 record 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 135-moneyline favorites versus the Dodgers, 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\">The Dodgers took the finale of a three-game series with a 3-1 win over the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> on Thursday, as -220 favorites. The four runs went UNDER the day&#8217;s posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">James Loney went 2-for-3 at the plate with a solo home run and two RBIs for the Dodgers. Derek Lowe tossed 6 1-3 innings for the victory, allowing one run off four hits with seven strikeouts. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies lost 4-3 to the Nationals last time out, as -260 favorites. The seven runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Carlos Ruiz homered in a losing effort for the Phillies. Ryan Madson scattered two runs off four hits in relief to suffer the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 65-62 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 68-59 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 7-3<br \/>After playing Colorado are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 3-7<br \/>After playing Washington are 8-2<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 7 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>LA Dodgers are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>LA Dodgers are 7-3 SU in their last 10 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 7 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 16-8 SU in their last 24 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to LA Dodgers, Saturday, August 23<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>The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Citizens Bank Park. The Dodgers will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Greg Maddux in this game. Maddux has a 6-9 record and a 3.99 ERA this season. Starting this game for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/dodgers-phillies-pointers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dodgers-Phillies Pointers<\/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-1679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679","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=1679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}