{"id":4811,"date":"2009-07-03T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mets-phillies-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-03T10:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:17:00","slug":"mets-phillies-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mets-phillies-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-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\">If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Friday when the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies meet 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>. <?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>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Livan<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Mets to start this game. <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn> is 5-3 this season with a 4.04 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn>&#8216;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Rodrigo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lopez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Phillies righthander has a 0.00 ERA to go along with a 0-0 record 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 150-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, 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>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Church<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the winning run in the 10<sup>th<\/sup> inning to lead the Mets to a 9-8 win over the Pirates on Thursday, as +130 underdogs. That game&#8217;s 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Fernando Tatis belted a two-run homer and scored four runs, and Daniel Murphy pinch hit with a two-run single for the Mets. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Rodriguez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed two innings of relief to earn the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies were defeated 5-2 by the Braves last time out, as +120 underdogs. That game&#8217;s seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8). <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> had two hits and drove in one run. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Madson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up three hits and three runs 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:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 39-39 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 39-37 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 6-4<br \/>After playing Pittsburgh are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 5-5<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 2-8<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>NY Mets are 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>NY Mets are 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>NY Mets are 2-5 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against NY Mets<br \/>Philadelphia is 3-12 SU in its last 15 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 0-5 SU in its last 5 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>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to NY Mets, Saturday, July 4<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>If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Friday when the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies meet at Citizens Bank Park. Righthander Livan Hernandez will take the mound for the Mets to start this game. Hernandez is 5-3 this season with a 4.04 ERA. Hernandez&#8216;s opponent in this one will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mets-phillies-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mets-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-4811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4811","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=4811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}