{"id":4903,"date":"2009-07-18T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/diamondbacks-cardinals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-18T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T14:26:00","slug":"diamondbacks-cardinals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/diamondbacks-cardinals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks-Cardinals 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 Arizona Diamondbacks and the St. Louis Cardinals will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Busch Stadium. <?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 Diamondbacks will give the ball to starter <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Dan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Haren<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Haren<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 9-5 this season with a 2.01 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Cardinals will be ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Adam<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wainwright<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 3.04 ERA to go along with a 10-5 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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Carpenter<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> whiffed seven batters over eight scoreless innings as the Cardinals defeated the Diamondbacks 6-1 on Friday. The Cardinals won that game as -210 favorites, but the team&#8217;s played UNDER the posted over\/under (7.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Albert<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pujols<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit two home runs and <st2:GivenName>Nick<\/st2:GivenName> Stavinoha belted a pinch-hit two-run homer for the Cardinals. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Garland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered seven hits and two runs over six innings in a losing effort. Oddsmakers were +190 underdogs in the contest. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:Street><st1:address>38-52 SU<br \/>St.<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> <st2:GivenName>Louis<\/st2:GivenName>: 50-42 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Arizona most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 4-6<br \/>After playing St. Louis are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 6-4<br \/>After playing Arizona 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 Arizona&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Arizona is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against St. Louis<br \/>Arizona is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games on the road<br \/>St. Louis is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Arizona<br \/>St. Louis is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Arizona<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 8 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 8 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, July 19<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 Arizona Diamondbacks and the St. Louis Cardinals will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Busch Stadium. The Diamondbacks will give the ball to starter Dan Haren in this one. Righthander Haren is 9-5 this season with a 2.01 ERA. Starting this game for the Cardinals will be ace &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/diamondbacks-cardinals-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Diamondbacks-Cardinals 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-4903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903","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=4903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}