{"id":4417,"date":"2009-05-16T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mets-giants-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-16T08:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-16T13:48:00","slug":"mets-giants-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mets-giants-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-Giants Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The New York Mets will be trying to extend a winning streak on Saturday when they take on the San Francisco Giants at AT&T<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Mets will give the ball to ace starter Johan<\/st2:GivenName> Santana<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Santana<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-2 this season with a 0.78 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Giants will counter Santana with Randy<\/st2:GivenName> Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 5.89 ERA to go along with a 3-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 180-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Mets defeated the Giants for a second straight game with an 8-6 win Friday, as +155 underdogs. The Mets won the game as +155 underdogs, while the 14 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David<\/st2:GivenName> Wright<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had three hits and drove in four runs to propel the Mets. Brian<\/st2:GivenName> Stokes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> earned the win in relief, and Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> Rodriguez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected his 11th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Fred<\/st2:GivenName> Lewis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits, including a solo home run for the Giants, who were -175 favorites in that contest. Brian<\/st2:GivenName> Wilson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs off three hits in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.
San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 20-15 SU
San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 18-17 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New York most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing San Francisco are 7-3
After playing San Francisco are 7-3
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

San Francisco most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 2-8
Before playing NY Mets are 3-7
After playing NY Mets are 3-7
After a loss are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
NY Mets are 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Francisco
NY Mets are 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against San Francisco
NY Mets are 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
NY Mets are 10-2 SU in its last 12 games
San Francisco is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against NY Mets
San Francisco is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Mets<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to NY Mets, Sunday, May 17<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The New York Mets will be trying to extend a winning streak on Saturday when they take on the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. The Mets will give the ball to ace starter Johan Santana in this one. Lefthander Santana is 4-2 this season with a 0.78 ERA. The Giants will counter Santana with … Continue reading Mets-Giants Lines Preview<\/span> →<\/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-4417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417","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=4417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}