{"id":4906,"date":"2009-07-18T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/astros-dodgers-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-18T09:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T14:34:00","slug":"astros-dodgers-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/astros-dodgers-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Dodgers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Dodger Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike<\/st1:GivenName> Hampton<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Astros on this day. Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> Hampton<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 5-6 this season with a 4.52 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Hampton<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City>‘s opponent in this one will be Clayton<\/st1:GivenName> Kershaw<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The Dodgers lefthander has a 3.16 ERA to go along with a 7-5 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 210-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros dominated for the second straight game as they cruised to an 8-1 win over the Dodgers on Friday, as +155 underdogs. The game’s nine runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (7.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ivan<\/st1:GivenName> Rodriguez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate with a solo home run and drove in two runs for the Astros. Roy<\/st1:GivenName> Oswalt<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed eight complete innings for his sixth victory of the season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chad Billingsley gave up nine hits and six runs over 1 2-3 innings in suffering the loss on the hill. The Dodgers were -175 favorites in that contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 3 straight games.
Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 46-44 SU
Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 56-34 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing LA Dodgers are 7-3
After playing LA Dodgers are 4-6
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Houston are 4-6
After playing Houston are 6-4
After a loss are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
Houston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Houston is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers
Houston is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers’s last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 8 of LA Dodgers’s last 11 games
LA Dodgers are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games at home
LA Dodgers are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing Houston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
LA Dodgers home to Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Sunday, July 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Dodger Stadium. Mike Hampton will be the starting pitcher for the Astros on this day. Lefthander Hampton is 5-6 this season with a 4.52 ERA. Hampton‘s opponent in this one will be Clayton Kershaw. … Continue reading Astros-Dodgers 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-4906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906","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=4906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}