{"id":4393,"date":"2009-05-09T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-09T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/giants-dodgers-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-09T06:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-09T11:39:00","slug":"giants-dodgers-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/giants-dodgers-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-Dodgers 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 San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Dodger Stadium. <?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 Giants will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jonathan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Sanchez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:Sn>Sanchez<\/st2:Sn> has a 1-2 record and a 3.98 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>Eric<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Stults<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Dodgers in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Stults<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-1 with a 4.94 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 Dodgers listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, 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 Giants scored twice in the seventh inning and came away with a 3-1 victory over the Dodgers on Friday, as +170 underdogs. The team&#8217;s played UNDER the posted over\/under (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Edgar<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Renteria<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 at the plate with one RBI for the Giants. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Barry<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Zito<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> notched his first win of the sesason, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brian<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wilson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched a scoreless ninth for the save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Casey<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Blake<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the only run for the Dodgers, who were -190 favorites in that contest. Chad Billingsley gave up eight hits over seven 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>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/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:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 15-13 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 21-10 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">San Francisco most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 3-7<br \/>After playing LA Dodgers are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing San Francisco are 5-5<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 8-2<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 \/>San Francisco is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games <br \/>San Francisco is 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers<br \/>San Francisco is 7-14 SU in its last 21 games on the road<br \/>LA Dodgers are 13-2 SU in their last 15 games at home<br \/>LA Dodgers are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games <br \/>LA Dodgers are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against San Francisco<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Dodgers home to <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, May 10<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 San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Dodger Stadium. The Giants will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jonathan Sanchez in this game. Sanchez has a 1-2 record and a 3.98 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be Eric Stults &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/giants-dodgers-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Giants-Dodgers 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-4393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4393","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=4393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}