{"id":4250,"date":"2009-04-18T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/marlins-nationals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-18T08:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:19:00","slug":"marlins-nationals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/marlins-nationals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins-Nationals Lines 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 Florida Marlins on Saturday when they battle the Washington Nationals at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Nationals<\/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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Josh<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Marlins to start this game. <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn> is 2-0 this season with a 0.57 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Scott<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Olsen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Nationals in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Olsen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-2 with a 14.63 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 Marlins listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, 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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeremy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hermida<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the winning run on Friday, as the Marlins got past the Nationals 3-2. The Marlins won the game as -130 favorites, while the five 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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>John<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Baker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run for the Marlins. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Leo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nunez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> posted the win in relief, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lindstrom<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> notched his second save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Alberto<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gonzalez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had three hits and drove in one run for the Nationals, who were +110 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Saul<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Rivera<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run and was hit with the loss. <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 won 5 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 9-1 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 1-8 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 Saturday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Washington are 7-3<br \/>After playing Washington are 9-1<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Florida are 3-7<br \/>After playing Florida are 1-9<br \/>After a loss are 1-9<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington<br \/>Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Florida is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Washington<br \/>Washington is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games at home<br \/>Washington is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Florida<br \/>Washington is 1-12 SU in its last 13 games <br \/>Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Florida<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, April 19<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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Florida Marlins on Saturday when they battle the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. Righthander Josh Johnson will take the mound for the Marlins to start this game. Johnson is 2-0 this season with a 0.57 ERA. It&#8217;ll be ace Scott Olsen toeing the rubber for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/marlins-nationals-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marlins-Nationals Lines 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-4250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4250","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=4250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}