{"id":5022,"date":"2009-07-27T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/dodgers-cardinals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-27T07:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T12:55:00","slug":"dodgers-cardinals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/dodgers-cardinals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers-Cardinals 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\">The Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Busch 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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Randy<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Wolf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Dodgers to start this game. <st2:GivenName>Wolf<\/st2:GivenName> is 5-4 this season with a 3.45 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:GivenName>Wolf<\/st2:GivenName>&#8216;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Carpenter<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Cardinals righthander has a 2.26 ERA to go along with a 8-3 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Dodgers, 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 Dodgers lost to <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 8-6 as a -110 favorite on Sunday. The 14 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>James<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Loney<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-5 with three RBI for the Dodgers and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Russell<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Martin<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run home run in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cardinals lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 9-2 as a +150 underdog on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (10). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Mark DeRosa hit a solo home run for St. Louis and Todd Wellemeyer was lit up for seven runs on 11 hits in 5 2-3 innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:Street><st1:address>62-36 SU<br \/>St.<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> <st2:GivenName>Louis<\/st2:GivenName>: 53-48 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 5-5<br \/>After playing Florida are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 7-3<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 3-7<br \/>After a loss 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 9 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 11 games on the road<br \/>LA Dodgers are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games <br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>St. Louis is 16-3 SU in their last 19 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers<br \/>St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>St. Louis is 16-5 SU in their last 21 games when playing LA Dodgers<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to LA Dodgers, Tuesday, July 28<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 Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Busch Stadium. Lefthander Randy Wolf will take the mound for the Dodgers to start this game. Wolf is 5-4 this season with a 3.45 ERA. Wolf&#8216;s opponent in this one will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/dodgers-cardinals-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dodgers-Cardinals 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-5022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5022","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=5022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}