{"id":4941,"date":"2009-07-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/diamondbacks-rockies-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-22T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T12:00:00","slug":"diamondbacks-rockies-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/diamondbacks-rockies-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks-Rockies 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\">Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Wednesday when the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies meet at Coors Field. <?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 trot <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Garland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Garland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 5-9 record and a 4.45 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> will counter <st1:City><st1:place>Garland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ubaldo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jimenez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jimenez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 3.82 ERA to go along with a 7-9 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> listed as 180-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Justin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Upton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> knocked in three runs to lead the Diamondbacks over the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> 6-5 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won as +140 road underdogs as the teams played OVER the 9.5-run total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Miguel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Montero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-for-4 with a two-run dinger for the Diamondbacks, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Juan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gutierrez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Max<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Scherzer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Dexter<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Fowler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-5 with two runs batted in for <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Juan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Rincon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was handed the defeat after coming into the game for <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cook<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 40-54 SU<br \/>Colorado: 51-43 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 Wednesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Pittsburgh are 4-6<br \/>After playing Colorado are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Colorado most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing San Francisco are 7-3<br \/>After playing Arizona are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Arizona is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Colorado<br \/>Arizona is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games when playing Colorado<br \/>Arizona is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Colorado is 15-6 SU in its last 21 games at home<br \/>Colorado is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Colorado is 7-16 SU in its last 23 games when playing Arizona<br \/>Colorado is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Arizona<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, July 23<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 24<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>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Wednesday when the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies meet at Coors Field. The Diamondbacks will trot Jon Garland out to the mound in this one. Righthander Garland has a 5-9 record and a 4.45 ERA this season. The Rockies will counter Garland with Ubaldo Jimenez. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/diamondbacks-rockies-lines-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Diamondbacks-Rockies 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-4941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4941","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=4941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}