{"id":4577,"date":"2009-06-14T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/astros-diamondbacks-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-14T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T14:00:00","slug":"astros-diamondbacks-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/astros-diamondbacks-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Diamondbacks Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Astros and the Arizona Diamondbacks will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Chase<\/st2:GivenName> Field<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Brian<\/st2:middlename> Moehler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Astros to start this game. Moehler is 2-4 this season with a 6.95 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Diamondbacks will be Billy<\/st2:GivenName> Buckner<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 5.25 ERA to go along with a 2-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Diamondbacks listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros rallied for three runs in the eighth inning and came away with a 6-4 victory over the Diamondbacks on Saturday, as -120 favorites. That game’s 10 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lance<\/st2:GivenName> Berkman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run dinger to lead the Astros. Roy<\/st2:GivenName> Oswalt<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went seven innings for the win, and LaTroy<\/st2:GivenName> Hawkins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected his ninth save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jon<\/st2:GivenName> Garland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up six hits and three runs over seven innings in the loss. Oddsmakers had the Diamondbacks as +100 underdogs in that contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 28-32 SU
Arizona: 27-36 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 4-6
Before playing Texas are 3-7
After playing Arizona are 4-6
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

Arizona most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 4-6
Before playing Kansas City are 5-5
After playing Houston are 6-4
After a loss are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games
Houston is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games when playing Arizona
Houston is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Arizona
Arizona is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Houston
Arizona is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing Houston
Arizona is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
Arizona is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> at Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, June 16
Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, June 16<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Astros and the Arizona Diamondbacks will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Chase Field. Righthander Brian Moehler will take the mound for the Astros to start this game. Moehler is 2-4 this season with a 6.95 ERA. Starting this game for the Diamondbacks will be Billy Buckner. … Continue reading Astros-Diamondbacks 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-4577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4577","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=4577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}