{"id":4992,"date":"2009-07-25T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mets-astros-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-25T08:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-25T13:02:00","slug":"mets-astros-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mets-astros-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-Astros Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Houston Astros on Saturday when they battle the New York Mets at Minute<\/st2:PlaceName> Maid<\/st2:PlaceName> Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Mets will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jonathon<\/st1:GivenName> Niese<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this game. Niese has a 0-0 record and a 5.90 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Niese’s opponent in this one will be Russ<\/st1:GivenName> Ortiz<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The Astros righthander has a 5.02 ERA to go along with a 2-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Astros listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros were out-hit, but managed to hold on for a 5-4 victory over the Mets on Friday. The Astros won the game as +110 underdogs, while the nine runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike<\/st1:GivenName> Hampton<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> led the Astros with a two-run homer, while Chris<\/st1:GivenName> Coste<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> also drove in a pair of runs. Hampton<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> tossed 5 2-3 innings for the win, and Jose<\/st1:GivenName> Valverde<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> threw a scoreless ninth for his 11th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Omir Santos had three hits and belted a solo home run for the Mets, who were -130 favorites. Johan<\/st1:GivenName> Santana<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up 12 hits and five runs over 6 2-3 innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
New York<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> has lost 3 straight games.
Houston<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
New York<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>: 44-51 <\/font>SU<\/st1:GivenName>
Houston<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 50-46 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New York most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Houston are 4-6
After playing Houston are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Houston most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing NY Mets are 5-5
After playing NY Mets are 6-4
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
NY Mets are 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing Houston
NY Mets are 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
NY Mets are 2-9 SU in its last 11 games on the road
NY Mets are 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against NY Mets
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Houston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing NY Mets<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> home to NY Mets, Sunday, July 26<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Houston Astros on Saturday when they battle the New York Mets at Minute Maid Park. The Mets will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jonathon Niese in this game. Niese has a 0-0 record and a 5.90 ERA this season. Niese’s opponent in … Continue reading Mets-Astros Lines 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-4992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4992","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=4992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}