{"id":1713,"date":"2008-08-25T06:34:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/astros-mets-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-08-25T06:34:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-25T11:34:00","slug":"astros-mets-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/astros-mets-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Mets Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Astros and the New York Mets will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Shea Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros will give the ball to starter Brian Moehler in this one. Righthander Moehler is 9-4 this season with a 3.64 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Michael Pelfrey who starts for the Mets. Righthander Pelfrey is 12-8 with a 3.86 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 240-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros defeated the Mets 6-4 in 10 innings as a +200 underdog on Sunday. The 10 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brad Ausmus and Darin Erstad each delivered a solo home run in the tenth inning for Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Hunter Pence hit a two-run home run in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Carlos Beltran was 2-3 with a home run and three RBI for the Mets and Fernando Tatis also had an RBI. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 66-64 SU
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 72-59 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Cincinnati are 9-1
After playing NY Mets are 7-3
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

New York most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Philadelphia are 8-2
After playing Houston are 5-5
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing NY Mets
Houston is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games
Houston is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston’s last 6 games when playing NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 7 of NY Mets’s last 9 games at home
NY Mets are 10-3 SU in its last 13 games
NY Mets are 18-7 SU in its last 25 games at home
NY Mets are 14-6 SU in its last 20 games when playing at home against Houston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 26
NY Mets at Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 26<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Astros and the New York Mets will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Shea Stadium. The Astros will give the ball to starter Brian Moehler in this one. Righthander Moehler is 9-4 this season with a 3.64 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Michael Pelfrey who starts … Continue reading Astros-Mets Preview<\/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-1713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713","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=1713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}