{"id":1688,"date":"2008-08-23T07:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-23T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/dodgers-phillies-pointspread-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-08-23T07:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-23T12:31:00","slug":"dodgers-phillies-pointspread-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/dodgers-phillies-pointspread-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers-Phillies Pointspread 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 Saturday 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 trot Clayton Kershaw out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Kershaw has a 2-3 record and a 3.59 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies will counter Kershaw with ace Cole Hamels. Lefthander Hamels has a 3.22 ERA to go along with a 10-8 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 180-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\">Chris Coste drove in four runs to lift the Phillies to an 8-1 win over the Dodgers as -120 favorites on Friday. The Phillies won the game as -120 favorites, while the nine runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (10.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Coste finished 2-for-4 at the plate with a three-run homer. Kyle Kendrick allowed one run off three hits over 5 2-3 innings for the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">James Loney went 3-for-4 at the plate for the Dodgers, who were +100 underdogs. Greg Maddux gave up seven runs off nine hits over 5 2-3 innings in 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>: 65-63 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 69-59 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 Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 7-3<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 3-7<br \/>After playing LA Dodgers are 2-8<br \/>After a win are 4-6<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 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>LA Dodgers are 6-3 SU in their last 9 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>LA Dodgers are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games <br \/>LA Dodgers are 8-17 SU in their last 25 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 17-8 SU in their last 25 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers<br \/>Philadelphia is 3-6 SU in their last 9 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, Sunday, August 24<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 Saturday when they meet at Citizens Bank Park. The Dodgers will trot Clayton Kershaw out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Kershaw has a 2-3 record and a 3.59 ERA this season. The Phillies will counter Kershaw with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/dodgers-phillies-pointspread-pointers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dodgers-Phillies Pointspread 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-1688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688","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=1688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}