{"id":4900,"date":"2009-07-18T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/phillies-marlins-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-18T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T14:13:00","slug":"phillies-marlins-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/phillies-marlins-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies-Marlins Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Saturday when the Philadelphia Phillies and the Florida Marlins meet at LandShark Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Phillies on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-4 this season with a 4.44 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Marlins in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 8-2 with a 2.74 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Marlins listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Phillies, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Phillies scored twice in the top of the 12th<\/sup> and held off a late surge in the bottom half of the inning to defeat the Marlins 6-5 on Friday, as -135 favorites. That game’s 11 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chase<\/st2:GivenName> Utley<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a two-run homer and collected three RBIs for the Phillies. Clay<\/st2:GivenName> Condrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 5-2 with the win, and Brad<\/st2:GivenName> Lidge<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed the 12th<\/sup> for his 19th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ronny Paulino had three hits and drove in one run for the Marlins, who were +115 underdogs. Burke<\/st2:GivenName> Badenhop<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered two runs in two innings of relief and was saddled with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 7 straight games.
Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 50-38 SU
Florida: 46-46 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Philadelphia most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing Florida are 7-3
After playing Florida are 9-1
After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n

Florida most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Philadelphia are 4-6
After playing Philadelphia are 1-9
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Florida
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia’s last 5 games when playing Florida
Philadelphia is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing Florida
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Florida’s last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida’s last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
Florida is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida’s last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, July 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Saturday when the Philadelphia Phillies and the Florida Marlins meet at LandShark Stadium. Joe Blanton will be the starting pitcher for the Phillies on this day. Righthander Blanton is 6-4 this season with a 4.44 ERA. It’ll be Josh Johnson toeing the rubber for the Marlins … Continue reading Phillies-Marlins Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/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-4900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4900","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=4900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}