{"id":4982,"date":"2009-07-24T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/marlins-dodgers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-24T09:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T14:53:00","slug":"marlins-dodgers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/marlins-dodgers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins-Dodgers 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 Florida Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Dodger 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 Marlins 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>Josh<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 8-2 record and a 2.74 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn>&#8216;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Clayton<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kershaw<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Dodgers lefthander has a 2.95 ERA to go along with a 8-5 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the Marlins, 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>Ricky<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nolasco<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> whiffed 10 batters and gave up just two hits over 6 1-3 innings as the Marlins shut down the Padres 5-0 on Wednesday. The Marlins won that game as -150 favorites, while the team&#8217;s played UNDER the posted over\/under (8). <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>Coghlan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeremy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hermida<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered. Nolasco evened his record to 7-7 with the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Manny <st2:Sn>Ramirez<\/st2:Sn> belted a pinch-hit home run to lift the Dodgers to a 6-2 victory over the Reds on Wednesday, as -200 favorites. That game&#8217;s eight runs went as a PUSH against the posted over\/under (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Andre<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ethier<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in one run and scored a pair of runs for the Dodgers. Chad Billingsley threw six innings for the win, allowing seven hits and a pair of runs. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 5 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 49-47 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 61-34 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Florida most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 6-4<br \/>After playing San Diego are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Florida are 6-4<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 6-4<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 OVER in 7 of Florida&#8217;s last 8 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida&#8217;s last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Florida&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games at home<br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 8 games when playing at home against Florida<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Florida<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Dodgers home to <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, 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 Florida Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Dodger Stadium. The Marlins will trot Josh Johnson out to the mound in this one. Righthander Johnson has a 8-2 record and a 2.74 ERA this season. Johnson&#8216;s opponent in this one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/marlins-dodgers-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marlins-Dodgers 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-4982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4982","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=4982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}