{"id":1728,"date":"2008-08-27T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mets-phillies-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-08-27T06:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T11:40:00","slug":"mets-phillies-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mets-phillies-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-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 Philadelphia Phillies will be trying to extend a winning streak on Wednesday when they take on the New York Mets 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 Mets will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace lefthander Johan Santana in this game. Santana has a 12-7 record and a 2.64 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be Kyle Kendrick toeing the rubber for the Phillies in this contest. Righthander Kendrick is 11-7 with a 4.87 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 Mets listed as 165-moneyline favorites versus the Phillies, 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&#8217;s RBI-single in the bottom of the 13<sup>th<\/sup> inning lifted the Phillies past the Mets 8-7 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -120 home favorites as the game played over the 9-run total posted by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jimmy Rollins was 5-for-7 with a big fly and three runs batted in for the Phillies, while Rudy Seanez picked up the win in relief of starter Jamie Moyer for <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Fernando Tatis went 2-for-5 with a three-run jack and four RBIs for <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, as Scott Schoeneweis took the loss after allowing the walk-off hit to Coste. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 5 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>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 73-60 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 73-59 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Florida are 6-4<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 8-2<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Chi Cubs are 7-3<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 2-8<br \/>After a win are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>NY Mets are 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>NY Mets are 11-4 SU in its last 15 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 13 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>NY Mets at <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, August 29<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Chi Cubs, Thursday, August 28<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&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 Philadelphia Phillies will be trying to extend a winning streak on Wednesday when they take on the New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park. The Mets will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace lefthander Johan Santana in this game. Santana has a 12-7 record and a 2.64 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mets-phillies-pointers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mets-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-1728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728","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=1728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}