{"id":1890,"date":"2008-09-08T06:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/marlins-phillies-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-09-08T06:24:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T11:24:00","slug":"marlins-phillies-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/marlins-phillies-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins-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 Florida Marlins will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the Philadelphia Phillies 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\">Anibal Sanchez will be the starting pitcher for the Marlins on this day. Righthander Sanchez is 2-3 this season with a 5.55 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be Joe Blanton who starts for the Phillies. Righthander Blanton is 6-12 with a 4.79 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Marlins, 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 Marlins lost to <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 3-1 as a +125 underdog on Sunday. The four runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Mike Jacobs was 2-3 with a solo home run for <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Josh Johnson took the loss after giving up three runs in six 2-3 innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies lost to the Mets 6-3 as a +120 underdog in Game 2 of a doubleheader on Sunday. The nine runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (7). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ryan Howard homered and had two RBI for the Phillies, while Cole Hamels surrendered four earned runs in five innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 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>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 72-71 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 78-65 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Florida most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After playing St. Louis are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Florida are 5-5<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 1-9<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 \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Florida&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Florida&#8217;s last 9 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 9 games when playing Florida<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 14 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 7 games when playing at home against Florida<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 <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, September 9<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 Florida Marlins will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Anibal Sanchez will be the starting pitcher for the Marlins on this day. Righthander Sanchez is 2-3 this season with a 5.55 ERA. Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be Joe Blanton who starts for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/marlins-phillies-pointers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marlins-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-1890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890","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=1890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}