{"id":1841,"date":"2008-09-05T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/diamondbacks-dodgers-who-will-cover\/"},"modified":"2008-09-05T07:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-05T12:15:00","slug":"diamondbacks-dodgers-who-will-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/diamondbacks-dodgers-who-will-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks-Dodgers Who Will Cover?"},"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 division rival Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers are set to renew hostilities on Friday when they meet at Dodger Stadium. <?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 Diamondbacks will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Dan Haren in this game. Haren has a 14-7 record and a 3.24 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 Dodgers will be Derek Lowe. The righthander has a 3.69 ERA to go along with a 11-11 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, 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 Diamondbacks scored twice in the ninth inning Wednesday to come back and defeat the Cardinals 4-3, as +105 underdogs. The seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Conor Jackson went 2-for-5 with two RBIs to lead the Diamondbacks. Chad Qualls pitched a scoreless ninth for the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Dodgers completed a three-game sweep with a 6-4 win over the Padres on Wednesday, as -230 favorites. The 10 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Casey Blake homered and finished with two hits and two RBIs for the Dodgers. Hiroki Kuroda tossed 5 1-3 innings for the win, allowing four runs off 10 hits. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/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>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 71-68 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 70-70 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Arizona most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 5-5<br \/>After playing St. Louis are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 5-5<br \/>After playing San Diego are 4-6<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 7 of Arizona&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona&#8217;s last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Arizona is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games <br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Arizona<br \/>LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Arizona<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Dodgers home to <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, September 6<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 division rival Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers are set to renew hostilities on Friday when they meet at Dodger Stadium. The Diamondbacks will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Dan Haren in this game. Haren has a 14-7 record and a 3.24 ERA this season. Starting this game for the Dodgers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/diamondbacks-dodgers-who-will-cover\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Diamondbacks-Dodgers Who Will Cover?<\/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-1841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841","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=1841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}