{"id":4341,"date":"2009-05-04T06:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/astros-nationals-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-04T06:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-04T11:13:00","slug":"astros-nationals-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/astros-nationals-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-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 Houston Astros will be trying to extend a winning streak on Monday when they take on the Washington Nationals at <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:place><st2:PlaceName>Nationals<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2: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\"><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:middlename>Brian<\/st1:middlename> <st1:Sn>Moehler<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will take the mound for the Astros to start this game. Moehler is 0-2 this season with a 27.00 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>John<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Lannan<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Nationals in this contest. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Lannan<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 0-3 with a 4.61 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Astros defeated <st2:City><st2:place>Atlanta<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> 7-5 as a -115 favorite on Sunday. The 12 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Michael<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Bourn<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was 3-4 with an RBI and two runs four <st2:City><st2:place>Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, while <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Carlos<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Lee<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in a pair of runs in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Nationals rode a nine-inning effort from starter <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Shairon<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Martis<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> to a 6-1 victory over the Cardinals at <st2:place><st2:PlaceName>Nationals<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place> on Saturday afternoon. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:State><st2:place><st1:Sn>Washington<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:State> won that contest as a +107 home underdog while the final score played UNDER the 10-run total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place><st1:Sn>Houston<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 11-14 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>SU<\/st1:GivenName><br \/><st1:Sn>Washington<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 6-17 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Houston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Washington are 6-4<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Houston are 4-6<br \/>After playing St. Louis are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Houston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>Houston is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Washington<br \/>Houston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Washington<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Houston<br \/>Washington is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Houston<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:State><st2:place><st1:Sn>Washington<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Tuesday, May 5<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 Houston Astros will be trying to extend a winning streak on Monday when they take on the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. Righthander Brian Moehler will take the mound for the Astros to start this game. Moehler is 0-2 this season with a 27.00 ERA. It&#8217;ll be John Lannan toeing the rubber for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/astros-nationals-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Astros-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-4341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4341","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=4341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}