{"id":4566,"date":"2009-06-14T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-phillies-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-14T08:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:19:00","slug":"red-sox-phillies-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-phillies-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Phillies 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 fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Citizens<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Bank<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies when they take their seats on Sunday. <?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\">Ace <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Josh<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Beckett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Beckett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-2 this season with a 3.77 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Phillies will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>JA<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Happ<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The lefthander has a 3.42 ERA to go along with a 2-0 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Phillies, 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 Red Sox exploded for five runs in the first inning and went on to defeat the Phillies 11-6 on Saturday, as +120 underdogs. The 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Julio<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lugo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 4-for-5 at the plate with two RBIs for the Red Sox. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Hideki<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Okajima<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 3-0 with the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jayson<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Werth<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in two runs for the Phillies, who were -140 favorites. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Antonio<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bastardo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up five runs off three hits to suffer 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>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 5 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/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>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 38-24 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 35-25 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Florida are 7-3<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 5-5<br \/>After playing Boston are 1-9<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Boston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Boston is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>Philadelphia is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Boston<br \/>Philadelphia is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing Boston<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, <st2:GivenName>June<\/st2:GivenName> 16<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, June 16<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 fans at Citizens Bank Park will be treated to a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies when they take their seats on Sunday. Ace Josh Beckett will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. Righthander Beckett is 7-2 this season with a 3.77 ERA. Starting this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-phillies-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Red Sox-Phillies 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-4566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566","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=4566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}