{"id":4814,"date":"2009-07-03T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cardinals-reds-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-03T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:28:00","slug":"cardinals-reds-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cardinals-reds-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Reds 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 division rival St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds are set to renew hostilities on Friday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Great<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>American<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Ball<\/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>Joel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Cardinals on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-9 this season with a 3.44 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Homer<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bailey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Reds. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bailey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-0 with a 8.68 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 Cardinals listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Reds, 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 Cardinals defeated the Giants 5-2 on Thursday, as -145 favorites. That game&#8217;s seven runs went UNDER the 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>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ludwick<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 at the plate and drove in a pair of runs to lift the Cardinals. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Todd<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wellemeyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> fanned six batters and allowed just two runs over 7 1-3 innings for the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Joey<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Votto<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> singled in the winning run in the 10<sup>th<\/sup> inning to lift the Reds to a 3-2 victory over the Diamondbacks on Thursday, as -130 favorites. That game&#8217;s five runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Dickerson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits and drove in one run for the Reds. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cordero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed a scoreless 10<sup>th<\/sup> inning to pick up 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>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 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>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 43-38 SU<br \/>Cincinnati: 39-38 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Cincinnati are 5-5<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 5-5<br \/>After playing Arizona are 8-2<br \/>After a win 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 \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 11 games when playing Cincinnati<br \/>St. Louis is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>St. Louis is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cincinnati&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis<br \/>Cincinnati is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of Cincinnati&#8217;s last 11 games when playing St. Louis<br \/>Cincinnati is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against St. Louis<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, 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>The division rival St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds are set to renew hostilities on Friday when they meet at Great American Ball Park. Joel Pineiro will be the starting pitcher for the Cardinals on this day. Righthander Pineiro is 6-9 this season with a 3.44 ERA. Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be Homer Bailey who starts for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cardinals-reds-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cardinals-Reds 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-4814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4814","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=4814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}