{"id":4289,"date":"2009-04-23T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/brewers-phillies-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-23T06:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T11:31:00","slug":"brewers-phillies-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/brewers-phillies-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers-Phillies 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\">The Milwaukee Brewers and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet 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\">The Brewers will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bush<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:Sn>Bush<\/st2:Sn> has a 0-0 record and a 4.38 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies will counter <st2:Sn>Bush<\/st2:Sn> with ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Cole<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hamels<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hamels<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 11.17 ERA to go along with a 0-1 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 165-moneyline favorites versus the Brewers, 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>J.J.<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hardy<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered as the Brewers got past the Phillies 3-1 on Wednesday, as +115 underdogs. The four runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (10). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mike<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cameron<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run double for the Brewers. Braden Looper tossed six shutout innings for the win, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Todd<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Coffey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> threw the ninth in getting the save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jayson<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Werth<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 at the plate with a solo home run for the Phillies, who were favored at -135 in that contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Joe<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed three runs off eight hits over six innings in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 5-9 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 6-7 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Milwaukee most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Houston are 6-4<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 2-8<br \/>After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Florida are 5-5<br \/>After playing Milwaukee are 8-2<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<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 6 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>Milwaukee is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games <br \/>Milwaukee is 5-15 SU in its last 20 games on the road<br \/>Philadelphia is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Milwaukee<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Milwaukee<br \/>Philadelphia is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing Milwaukee<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Milwaukee<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Friday, April 24<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, April 24<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 Milwaukee Brewers and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Citizens Bank Park. The Brewers will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander David Bush in this game. Bush has a 0-0 record and a 4.38 ERA this season. The Phillies will counter Bush &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/brewers-phillies-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brewers-Phillies 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-4289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289","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=4289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}