{"id":4320,"date":"2009-05-02T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mets-phillies-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-02T08:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T13:01:00","slug":"mets-phillies-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mets-phillies-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-Phillies 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 New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle 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 Mets will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Oliver<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Perez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:Sn>Perez<\/st2:Sn> has a 1-2 record and a 9.31 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jamie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Moyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Phillies in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Moyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-1 with a 5.09 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 Phillies listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, 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 got out to an early lead and never looked back in a 7-4 win over the Phillies on Friday, as a -110 pick&#8217;em. That game&#8217;s 11 runs went as a PUSH against the posted over\/under (11). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Daniel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Murphy<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a two-run homer to lead the Mets. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mike<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pelfrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 3-0 with the win, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Rodriguez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> earned his fifth save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chase<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Utley<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep for the Phillies, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Ho<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Park<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up eight hits and seven runs over 4 2-3 innings 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>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 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:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 10-12 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 11-10 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 9-1<br \/>After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 5-5<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>NY Mets are 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>NY Mets are 8-4 SU in its last 12 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>NY Mets are 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Philadelphia is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>Philadelphia is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to NY Mets, 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 New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Citizens Bank Park. The Mets will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Oliver Perez in this game. Perez has a 1-2 record and a 9.31 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mets-phillies-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mets-Phillies 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-4320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4320","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=4320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}