{"id":4591,"date":"2009-06-16T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/blue-jays-phillies-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-16T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-16T13:21:00","slug":"blue-jays-phillies-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/blue-jays-phillies-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays-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 Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle 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> in an interleague contest. <?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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Ricky<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Romero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Blue Jays on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Romero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-3 this season with a 3.71 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Cole<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hamels<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Phillies. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hamels<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-2 with a 4.62 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 Phillies listed as 210-moneyline favorites versus the Blue Jays, 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 Blue Jays lost to <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 11-3 as a -120 favorite on Sunday. The 14 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Alex Rios clubbed a two-run home run for the Blue Jays and Brian Tallet was lit up for eight runs on 10 hits in 3 1-3 innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 11-6 as a +110 underdog on Sunday. The 17 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jimmy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Rollins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in three runs for <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Pedro<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Feliz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-5 with a pair of RBI in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 4 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>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 34-31 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 36-25 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 7-3<br \/>After playing Florida are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 5-5<br \/>After playing Boston are 2-8<br \/>After a win 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 \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto&#8217;s last 9 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto&#8217;s last 12 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Toronto is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 14 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 12 games when playing Toronto<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, June 17<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 Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Citizens Bank Park in an interleague contest. Ricky Romero will be the starting pitcher for the Blue Jays on this day. Lefthander Romero is 3-3 this season with a 3.71 ERA. Meanwhile, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/blue-jays-phillies-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blue Jays-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-4591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4591","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=4591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}