{"id":4699,"date":"2009-06-23T06:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/phillies-rays-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-23T06:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T11:34:00","slug":"phillies-rays-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/phillies-rays-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies-Rays Odds 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday when they battle the Philadelphia Phillies at Tropicana Field. <?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 Phillies will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jamie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Moyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Moyer has a 4-6 record and a 6.35 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> will counter Moyer with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Price<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Price<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 3.46 ERA to go along with a 1-1 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> listed as 165-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 Phillies lost to <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> 2-1 as a -170 favorite on Sunday. The three runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Greg<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Dobbs<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> clubbed a solo home run for <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Cole<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hamels<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed two runs on nine hits with 10 strikeouts in eight innings to take the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> defeated the Mets 10-6 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The 16 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>B.J.<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Upton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 4-6 with a home run and four RBI for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Carl<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Crawford<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-5 with two RBI and two runs scored 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>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 6 straight games.<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 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>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 36-31 SU<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 37-34 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 1-9<br \/>Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6<br \/>After playing Baltimore are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 6-4<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 8-2<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 Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay<br \/>Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay<br \/>Philadelphia is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games on the road<br \/>Philadelphia is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay<br \/>Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay home to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, June 24<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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday when they battle the Philadelphia Phillies at Tropicana Field. The Phillies will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jamie Moyer in this game. Moyer has a 4-6 record and a 6.35 ERA this season. The Rays will counter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/phillies-rays-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phillies-Rays Odds 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-4699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4699","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=4699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}