{"id":2017,"date":"2008-09-19T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/phillies-marlins-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-19T07:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T12:43:00","slug":"phillies-marlins-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/phillies-marlins-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies-Marlins Preview"},"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 fans at Dolphin Stadium will be treated to a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Florida Marlins when they take their seats on Friday. <?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\">Righthander Brett Myers will take the mound for the Phillies to start this game. Myers is 10-11 this season with a 4.06 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Myers&#8217;s opponent in this one will be Josh Johnson. The Marlins righthander has a 3.30 ERA to go along with a 5-1 record 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 140-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 Phillies pulled off a 4-3 win over the Braves last time out, as -220 favorites. 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\">Pat Burrell went 2-for-4 at the plate with a two-run homer for the Phillies. Cole Hamels tossed six innings for the win, and Brad Lidge got his 38<sup>th<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Marlins gained some more ground in the chase for the wild card as they defeated the Astros 8-1 last time out, as -140 favorites. The nine runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">John Baker had three hits and drove in four runs to lift the Marlins. Scott Olsen allowed just one run off three hits over seven innings for the win. <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>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 7 straight games.<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 8 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 86-67 SU<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 80-72 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Florida are 5-5<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 9-1<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Florida most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 4-6<br \/>After playing Houston are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Florida<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 11 games <br \/>Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<br \/>Florida is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Philadelphia<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, September 20<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><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 fans at Dolphin Stadium will be treated to a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Florida Marlins when they take their seats on Friday. Righthander Brett Myers will take the mound for the Phillies to start this game. Myers is 10-11 this season with a 4.06 ERA. Myers&#8217;s opponent in this one will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/phillies-marlins-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phillies-Marlins Preview<\/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-2017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017","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=2017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}