{"id":4550,"date":"2009-06-12T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-phillies-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-12T09:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T14:35:00","slug":"red-sox-phillies-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-phillies-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Phillies Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday when they battle the Boston Red Sox at Citizens<\/st1:PlaceName> Bank<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jon<\/st2:GivenName> Lester<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Lester<\/st2:GivenName> has a 5-5 record and a 5.09 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Phillies will counter Lester<\/st2:GivenName> with Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 5.46 ERA to go along with a 4-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Phillies, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox gave up three runs in the seventh inning, before roaring back with three of their own to defeat the Yankees 4-3 on Thursday. The Red Sox won the game as +135 underdogs, and the seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David<\/st2:GivenName> Ortiz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 at the plate, including a solo home run. Takashi<\/st2:GivenName> Saito<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> earned the win in relief, and Jonathan<\/st2:GivenName> Papelbon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected his 16th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Raul<\/st2:GivenName> Ibanez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a game-winning three-run homer to lift the Phillies to a 6-3 win over the Mets on Thursday, as a -105 pick’em. The game’s nine runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pedro<\/st2:GivenName> Feliz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate and scored twice for the Phillies. Scott<\/st2:GivenName> Eyre<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> got the win in relief, and Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Madson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected his fourth save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 36-24 SU
Philadelphia: 35-23 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing on Friday are 8-2
Before playing Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 8-2
After playing NY Yankees are 8-2
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 1-9
After playing NY Mets are 7-3
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston’s last 7 games
Boston is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games when playing Philadelphia
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia’s last 7 games at home
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia’s last 5 games when playing at home against Boston
Philadelphia is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, June 13<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday when they battle the Boston Red Sox at Citizens Bank Park. The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jon Lester in this game. Lester has a 5-5 record and a 5.09 ERA this season. The Phillies … Continue reading Red Sox-Phillies Odds 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-4550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4550","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=4550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}