{"id":2329,"date":"2008-10-13T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/phillies-dodgers-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2008-10-13T07:03:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-13T12:03:00","slug":"phillies-dodgers-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/phillies-dodgers-preview-3\/","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\">\\ The fans at Dodger Stadium will be treated to a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers when they take their seats on Monday. <?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 righthander Joe Blanton in this game. Blanton has a 10-12 record and a 4.60 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 3.24 ERA to go along with a 15-12 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Dodgers struck back in Game 3 of the NLCS on Sunday night with a 7-2 victory over the Phillies as a -160 favorite. The nine runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Blake DeWitt had three RBI for the Dodgers, while Rafael Furcal was 2-4 with a solo home run and two runs scored. Hiroki Kuroda earned the win after allowing only two runs on five hits in six innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ryan Howard was 2-4 with a run scored for <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Jamie Moyer was roughed up for six runs on six hits in only 1 1-3 innings. <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>: 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 Monday are 7-3<br \/>After playing LA Dodgers are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 4-6<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 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing LA Dodgers<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Philadelphia is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 12 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers<br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 12 games when playing at home against 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>, Wednesday, October 15<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>\\ The fans at Dodger Stadium will be treated to a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers when they take their seats on Monday. The Phillies will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Joe Blanton in this game. Blanton has a 10-12 record and a 4.60 ERA this season. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/phillies-dodgers-preview-3\/\" 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-2329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329","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=2329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}