{"id":4760,"date":"2009-06-26T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/phillies-blue-jays-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-26T07:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T12:55:00","slug":"phillies-blue-jays-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/phillies-blue-jays-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies-Blue Jays 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 Philadelphia Phillies will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. <?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\">Ace <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Cole<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hamels<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Phillies on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hamels<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-3 this season with a 4.24 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Hamels&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ricky<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Romero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Blue Jays lefthander has a 3.59 ERA to go along with a 4-3 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies were defeated 10-4 by the <st2:GivenName>Rays<\/st2:GivenName> last time out, as +125 underdogs. That game&#8217;s 14 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (10). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Howard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs in a losing effort for the Phillies. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Antonio<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bastardo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered six runs over 3 2-3 innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Blue Jays had their three-game win streak snapped in a 7-5 loss to the Reds last time out, as -135 favorites at home. That game&#8217;s 12 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Vernon Wells went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Shawn<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Camp<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run in relief to suffer the loss. <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 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>: 37-33 SU<br \/>Toronto: 40-34 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 Friday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 4-6<br \/>After playing Tampa Bay are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 7-3<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 4-4<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<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 16-7 SU in its last 23 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Toronto<br \/>Philadelphia is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto<br \/>Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Toronto is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>Toronto is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, June 27<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 Philadelphia Phillies will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Ace Cole Hamels will be the starting pitcher for the Phillies on this day. Lefthander Hamels is 4-3 this season with a 4.24 ERA. Hamels&#8217;s opponent in this one will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/phillies-blue-jays-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phillies-Blue Jays 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-4760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760","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=4760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}