{"id":4721,"date":"2009-06-24T06:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T11:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/phillies-rays-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-24T06:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T11:38:00","slug":"phillies-rays-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/phillies-rays-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies-Rays 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 Tropicana Field will be treated to a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays when they take their seats on Wednesday. <?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 give the ball to starter <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Joe<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-3 this season with a 5.28 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Garza<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 3.83 ERA to go along with a 4-5 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 170-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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chase<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Utley<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-5 with a two-run jack and four runs batted in, as the Phillies drilled the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> 10-1 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as +140 road underdogs as the teams played OVER the 9.5-run total posted by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>John<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Mayberry<\/st2:Sn> <st2:nameSuffix>Jr.<\/st2:nameSuffix><\/st1:PersonName> hit a three-run blast for the Phillies, while winning pitcher <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jamie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Moyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up one run over six innings for <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bartlett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the lone run for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Price<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was rocked for five earned runs over 4 1-3 innings to take the loss for the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn>. <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>: 37-31 SU<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 37-35 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 Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6<br \/>After playing Tampa Bay are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 6-4<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Philadelphia is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay<br \/>Philadelphia is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>Tampa Bay is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<br \/>Tampa Bay is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games <br \/>Tampa Bay is 2-4 SU in its last 6 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>, Thursday, June 25<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/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 Tropicana Field will be treated to a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays when they take their seats on Wednesday. The Phillies will give the ball to starter Joe Blanton in this one. Righthander Blanton is 4-3 this season with a 5.28 ERA. Starting this game for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/phillies-rays-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phillies-Rays 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-4721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4721","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=4721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}