{"id":4744,"date":"2009-06-25T08:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T13:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/phillies-rays-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-25T08:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T13:44:00","slug":"phillies-rays-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/phillies-rays-odds-preview-2\/","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\">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 Thursday. <?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>Antonio<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bastardo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Bastardo has a 2-2 record and a 5.21 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Andy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Sonnanstine<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Sonnanstine<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-7 with a 6.60 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 <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> 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 <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> scored five times in the eighth inning and secured a 7-1 win over the Phillies on Wednesday, as -175 favorites. That game&#8217;s eight runs fell UNDER the night&#8217;s posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Pat<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Burrell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the way with a two-run homer and three RBIs for the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Garza<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed eight innings for the win, allowing three this and one run over eight innings on the mound. <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 in a losing effort for the Phillies, who were +155 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Joe<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs over seven innings. <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>: 37-32 SU<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 38-35 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 Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 4-6<br \/>After playing Tampa Bay are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Florida are 8-2<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 5-5<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 \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay<br \/>Philadelphia is 16-6 SU in its last 22 games on the road<br \/>Philadelphia is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay<br \/>Philadelphia is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Tampa Bay is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<br \/>Tampa Bay is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games <br \/>Tampa Bay is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<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> at <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, June 26<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay home to <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, June 26<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<div>&nbsp;<\/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 Thursday. The Phillies will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Antonio Bastardo in this game. Bastardo has a 2-2 record and a 5.21 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/phillies-rays-odds-preview-2\/\" 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-4744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744","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=4744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}