{"id":4971,"date":"2009-07-24T08:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cardinals-phillies-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-24T08:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T13:51:00","slug":"cardinals-phillies-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cardinals-phillies-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Phillies 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 fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Citizens<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Bank<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies when they take their seats on Friday. <?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 Cardinals will give the ball to starter <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Joel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 8-9 this season with a 3.09 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Phillies will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>JA<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Happ<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The lefthander has a 2.74 ERA to go along with a 5-0 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 143-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, 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\">The Cardinals defeated the Nationals 4-1 in a rain-shortened seven inning game on Thursday, as -200 favorites. That game&#8217;s five runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Rick<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ankiel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Skip<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Schumaker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 with one RBI. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Adam<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wainwright<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> whiffed seven batters over six complete innings for the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies got back in the win column after having a 10-game win streak snapped, as they defeated the Padres 9-4 in a makeup game on Thursday. The Phillies won that game as -310 favorites, while the 13 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jayson<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Werth<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-5 at the plate with one RBI and scored twice. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Cole<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hamels<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed seven innings for the win, allowing four hits and three runs. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 52-46 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 54-39 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 3-7<br \/>After playing Washington are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 6-4<br \/>After playing San Diego are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 9-1<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 6 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 10 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 15 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>St. Louis is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>St. Louis is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing St. Louis<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 8 games when playing St. Louis<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, July 25<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 fans at Citizens Bank Park will be treated to a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies when they take their seats on Friday. The Cardinals will give the ball to starter Joel Pineiro in this one. Righthander Pineiro is 8-9 this season with a 3.09 ERA. Starting this game for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cardinals-phillies-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cardinals-Phillies 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-4971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4971","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=4971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}