{"id":2318,"date":"2008-10-12T06:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/phillies-dodgers-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2008-10-12T06:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T11:42:00","slug":"phillies-dodgers-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/phillies-dodgers-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies-Dodgers 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday when they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers 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 Phillies will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jamie Moyer in this game. Moyer has a 16-8 record and a 3.73 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be Hiroki Kuroda toeing the rubber for the Dodgers in this contest. Righthander Kuroda is 10-10 with a 3.61 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 Dodgers listed as 150-moneyline favorites versus the Phillies, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 8. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies scored four runs in two consecutive innings on Friday, as they defeated the Dodgers 8-5 in Game 2 of the NLCS. The Phillies won the game as a -105 pick&#8217;em, while the 13 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\">Shane Victorino had two hits and drove in four runs to lead the Phillies, while Brett Myers had three RBIs. Myers earned the win, and Brad Lidge notched his second straight save in the best-of-seven series. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Manny Ramirez belted a three-run homer in a losing effort for the Dodgers. Chad Billingsley surrendered all eight runs and was saddled with the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 92-70 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 84-78 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 Sunday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 6-4<br \/>After playing LA Dodgers are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 4-6<br \/>After a loss 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 their last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers<br \/>Philadelphia is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<br \/>LA Dodgers are 11-3 SU in their last 14 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 11 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Philadelphia<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:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, October 13<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><o:p><\/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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday when they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. The Phillies will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jamie Moyer in this game. Moyer has a 16-8 record and a 3.73 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be Hiroki Kuroda &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/phillies-dodgers-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phillies-Dodgers 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-2318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318","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=2318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}