{"id":4860,"date":"2009-07-10T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/pirates-phillies-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-10T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-10T14:02:00","slug":"pirates-phillies-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/pirates-phillies-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates-Phillies 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 <?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> will be treated to a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies when they take their seats on Friday. <?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 Pirates will give the ball to starter <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Zach<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Duke<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Lefthander Duke is 8-7 this season with a 3.28 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Duke&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Joe<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Phillies righthander has a 4.69 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 Pirates were shut down 5-0 in the series rubber match to the Astros on Wednesday, as +150 underdogs. That game&#8217;s five 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>Charlie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Morton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up 10 hits and five runs over four innings in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies clinched their four-game series with a 9-6 victory over the Reds on Thursday, as -150 favorites. That game&#8217;s 15 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>Jayson<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Werth<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs in leading the Phillies. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jamie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Moyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went five innings for the victory, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brad<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lidge<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> closed out the ninth with his 17<sup>th<\/sup> save. <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 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>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 38-47 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 45-38 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 4-6<br \/>After playing Houston are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Pittsburgh are 7-3<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 7-3<br \/>After a win 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 \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Philadelphia is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh<br \/>Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh<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 <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, July 11<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 Citizens Bank Park will be treated to a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies when they take their seats on Friday. The Pirates will give the ball to starter Zach Duke in this one. Lefthander Duke is 8-7 this season with a 3.28 ERA. Duke&#8217;s opponent in this one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/pirates-phillies-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pirates-Phillies 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-4860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4860","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=4860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}