{"id":4316,"date":"2009-05-02T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cardinals-nationals-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-02T07:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T12:51:00","slug":"cardinals-nationals-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cardinals-nationals-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Nationals 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 Washington Nationals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Saturday when they take on the St. Louis Cardinals 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\">The Cardinals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Joel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Pineiro has a 4-0 record and a 3.76 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Pineiro&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Shairon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Martis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Nationals righthander has a 6.20 ERA to go along with a 2-0 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 145-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 Cardinals won their second straight with a 6-2 victory over the Nationals on Friday, as +105 underdogs. That game&#8217;s eight runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Duncan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate with a two-run homer for the Cardinals. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Todd<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wellemeyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> earned the win in relief. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Willie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Harris<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep for a two-run blast for the Nationals, who were -115 favorites. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jordan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Zimmerman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered eight hits and five 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:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 17-7 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 5-17 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Washington are 7-3<br \/>After playing Washington are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 3-7<br \/>After playing St. Louis are 3-7<br \/>After a loss 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 \/>St. Louis is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Washington<br \/>St. Louis is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games <br \/>St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington<br \/>St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Washington is 4-13 SU in its last 17 games at home<br \/>Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis<br \/>Washington is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing St. Louis<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:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, May 3<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 Washington Nationals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Saturday when they take on the St. Louis Cardinals at Nationals Park. The Cardinals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Joel Pineiro in this game. Pineiro has a 4-0 record and a 3.76 ERA this season. Pineiro&#8217;s opponent in this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cardinals-nationals-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cardinals-Nationals 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-4316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4316","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=4316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}