{"id":5003,"date":"2009-07-26T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-26T10:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cardinals-phillies-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-26T05:54:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-26T10:54:00","slug":"cardinals-phillies-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cardinals-phillies-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Phillies Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Citizens<\/st1:PlaceName> Bank<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals will give the ball to starter Todd<\/st2:GivenName> Wellemeyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Wellemeyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-8 this season with a 5.69 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Phillies in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-4 with a 4.24 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 158-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Shane<\/st2:GivenName> Victorino<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 4-for-4 and launched a solo home run with three RBIs to lead the Phillies in a 14-6 win over the Cardinals on Saturday, as -135 favorites. That game’s 20 runs sailed OVER the game’s posted over\/under (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jimmy<\/st2:GivenName> Rollins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a grand slam home run and finished with five runs batted in for the Phillies. Rodrigo<\/st2:GivenName> Lopez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched six innings for the win, giving up 10 hits and four runs along the way. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Julio<\/st2:GivenName> Lugo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had four hits and drove in one run for the Cardinals, who were +115 underdogs. Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Motte<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up five runs in relief to suffer the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 53-47 SU
Philadelphia: 55-40 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing LA Dodgers are 7-3
After playing Philadelphia are 3-7
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Philadelphia most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 8-2
Before playing Arizona are 6-4
After playing St. Louis are 8-2
After a win are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of St. Louis’s last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of St. Louis’s last 10 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis
Philadelphia is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia’s last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to LA Dodgers, Monday, July 27
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Monday, July 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Citizens Bank Park. The Cardinals will give the ball to starter Todd Wellemeyer in this one. Righthander Wellemeyer is 7-8 this season with a 5.69 ERA. It’ll be Joe Blanton toeing the … Continue reading Cardinals-Phillies Odds 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-5003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5003","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=5003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}