{"id":4541,"date":"2009-06-11T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/giants-diamondbacks-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-11T09:54:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T14:54:00","slug":"giants-diamondbacks-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/giants-diamondbacks-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-Diamondbacks Lines 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 will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Arizona Diamondbacks at <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Chase<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Field<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. <?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 <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Jonathan<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Sanchez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this game. <st1:Sn>Sanchez<\/st1:Sn> has a 2-5 record and a 5.29 ERA this season. <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>Max<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Scherzer<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Diamondbacks in this contest. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Scherzer<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 2-4 with a 4.14 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 Diamondbacks listed as 163-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\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Bengie<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Molina<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in three runs to help the Giants down the Diamondbacks 6-4 on Wednesday, as +125 underdogs. The 10 runs made it OVER the game&#8217;s posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Molina smacked a two-run homer in the win, and singled for his third RBI in the contest. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Barry<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Zito<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed five innings to pick up the victory, while <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Brian<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Wilson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> earned his 16<sup>th<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Stephen<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Drew<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> knocked in three runs in a losing cause for the Diamondbacks, who were -145 favorites in that game. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Doug<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Davis<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> scattered six hits and five runs over four innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>San Francisco<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>Arizona<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> has lost 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>San Francisco<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 31-27 SU<br \/>Arizona: 25-35 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 Thursday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Oakland are 3-7<br \/>After playing Arizona are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Arizona most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Houston are 8-2<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<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 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Arizona<br \/>San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Arizona<br \/>San Francisco is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>San Francisco is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Arizona&#8217;s last 13 games when playing San Francisco<br \/>Arizona is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>San Francisco<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st2:City><st2:place>Oakland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Friday, <st1:GivenName>June<\/st1:GivenName> 12<br \/><st2:State><st2:place>Arizona<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Friday, June 12<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/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 will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. The Giants will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jonathan Sanchez in this game. Sanchez has a 2-5 record and a 5.29 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be Max Scherzer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/giants-diamondbacks-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Giants-Diamondbacks Lines 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-4541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4541","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=4541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}