{"id":4849,"date":"2009-07-09T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/dodgers-mets-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-09T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T13:58:00","slug":"dodgers-mets-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/dodgers-mets-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers-Mets 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 Citi Field will be treated to a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets 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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Randy<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Wolf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Dodgers to start this game. <st2:GivenName>Wolf<\/st2:GivenName> is 3-3 this season with a 3.49 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Mets will counter <st2:GivenName>Wolf<\/st2:GivenName> with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Livan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.56 ERA to go along with a 5-4 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 Mets gave up one run in the ninth inning and managed to fend off a late rally for a 5-4 win the over the Dodgers on Wednesday, as +125 underdogs. The game&#8217;s nine 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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeremy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Reed<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI and one run scored. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Oliver<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Perez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched five innings to earn the win, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Rodriguez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> notched his 22<sup>nd<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Rafael<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Furcal<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits and drove in two runs for the Dodgers, who were -145 favorites. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Hiroki<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kuroda<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up all five runs in the loss on the mound. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 53-31 SU<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 40-43 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Milwaukee are 4-6<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Cincinnati are 7-3<br \/>After playing LA Dodgers are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 3-7<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 6 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 7 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>NY Mets are 8-3 SU in their last 11 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 7 games when playing LA Dodgers<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 10 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Dodgers at <st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 10<br \/>NY Mets home to <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 10<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 fans at Citi Field will be treated to a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets when they take their seats on Thursday. Lefthander Randy Wolf will take the mound for the Dodgers to start this game. Wolf is 3-3 this season with a 3.49 ERA. The Mets will counter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/dodgers-mets-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dodgers-Mets 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-4849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4849","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=4849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}