{"id":4999,"date":"2009-07-25T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/marlins-dodgers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-25T08:23:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-25T13:23:00","slug":"marlins-dodgers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/marlins-dodgers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins-Dodgers 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Florida Marlins on Saturday when they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers 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 give the ball to starter <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Rick<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Vanden<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Hurk<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Vanden<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Hurk<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-0 this season with a 3.00 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Vanden<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hurk<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>&#8216;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Hiroki<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kuroda<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Dodgers righthander has a 4.37 ERA to go along with a 3-5 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 170-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\">The Marlins pounded out 14 hits as they cruised past the Dodgers 6-3 on Friday, as +140 underdogs. That game&#8217;s nine runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (7). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Josh<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 9-2 with the victory, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Leo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nunez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed closed out the ninth with his seventh save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Wes Helms had three hits and drove in one run for the Dodgers, who were -160 favorites. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>James<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>McDonald<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run in relief to suffer the loss. <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 4 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>: 50-47 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 61-35 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 Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 6-4<br \/>After playing LA Dodgers are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Florida are 6-4<br \/>After playing Florida are 7-3<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 \/>Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Florida is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers<br \/>Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games at home<br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games <br \/>LA Dodgers are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against 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>, Sunday, July 26<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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Florida Marlins on Saturday when they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. The Marlins will give the ball to starter Rick Vanden Hurk in this one. Righthander Vanden Hurk is 1-0 this season with a 3.00 ERA. Vanden Hurk&#8216;s opponent in this one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/marlins-dodgers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marlins-Dodgers 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-4999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999","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=4999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}