{"id":4308,"date":"2009-04-25T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nationals-mets-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-25T06:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T11:48:00","slug":"nationals-mets-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nationals-mets-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationals-Mets Odds 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 Citi Field will be treated to a game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets when they take their seats on Saturday. <?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 Nationals will give the ball to starter <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Daniel<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Cabrera<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this one. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Cabrera<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 0-1 this season with a 4.50 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Mets will be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Michael<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Pelfrey<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The righthander has a 8.10 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 200-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\">The Mets snapped a four-game losing skid with a 4-3 win over the Nationals on Friday, as -300 favorites. That game&#8217;s seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Luis<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Castillo<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> had two hits and drove in one run, while scoring another for the Mets. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Johan<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Santana<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> whiffed 10 batters over six innings for the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Jesus<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Flores<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> smacked a two-run homer in a losing effort for the Nationals, who were +250 underdogs in that game. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Scott<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Olsen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up nine hits and three runs in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:State><st2:place>Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:State><st2:place>Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>: 3-12 SU<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>New York<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>: 7-9 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 3-7<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 1-9<br \/>After a loss are 2-8<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Washington are 5-5<br \/>After playing Washington are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 2-8<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Washington is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against NY Mets<br \/>Washington is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>Washington is 3-16 SU in its last 19 games <br \/>Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>NY Mets are 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing Washington<br \/>NY Mets are 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Washington<br \/>NY Mets are 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>NY Mets are 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>NY Mets home to <st1:Sn><st2:State><st2:place>Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>, Sunday, April 26<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 fans at Citi Field will be treated to a game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets when they take their seats on Saturday. The Nationals will give the ball to starter Daniel Cabrera in this one. Righthander Cabrera is 0-1 this season with a 4.50 ERA. Starting this game for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nationals-mets-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nationals-Mets Odds 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-4308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308","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=4308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}