{"id":4944,"date":"2009-07-22T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mets-nationals-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-22T07:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T12:05:00","slug":"mets-nationals-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mets-nationals-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-Nationals 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 division rival New York Mets and Washington Nationals are set to renew hostilities on Wednesday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Nationals<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Michael<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pelfrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Mets on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pelfrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-5 this season with a 5.07 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Nationals will counter Pelfrey with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Craig<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Stammen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Stammen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.46 ERA to go along with a 2-5 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Nationals listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, 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>John<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lannan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched a complete-game shutout to earn the win, as the Nationals downed the Mets 4-0 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won as -155 home favorites as the game played UNDER the 9.5-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Adam<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Dunn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a run batted in for the Nationals, who got two runs scored from <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Zimmerman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in the payday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Losing pitcher <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Oliver<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Perez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed four runs over six innings for <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Francoeur<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-for-4 for the Mets. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 44-49 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 27-66 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Houston are 4-6<br \/>After playing Washington are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing San Diego are 3-7<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>NY Mets are 10-3 SU in its last 13 games when playing Washington<br \/>NY Mets are 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Washington<br \/>NY Mets are 7-15 SU in its last 22 games <br \/>NY Mets are 2-7 SU in its last 9 games on the road<br \/>Washington is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against NY Mets<br \/>Washington is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>Washington is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>Washington is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>NY Mets at <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Friday, July 24<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> home to <st1:City><st1:place>San Diego<\/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>The division rival New York Mets and Washington Nationals are set to renew hostilities on Wednesday when they meet at Nationals Park. Michael Pelfrey will be the starting pitcher for the Mets on this day. Righthander Pelfrey is 7-5 this season with a 5.07 ERA. The Nationals will counter Pelfrey with Craig Stammen. Righthander Stammen &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mets-nationals-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mets-Nationals 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-4944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4944","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=4944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}