{"id":5037,"date":"2009-07-28T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rockies-mets-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-28T09:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T14:27:00","slug":"rockies-mets-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rockies-mets-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies-Mets 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 New York Mets on Tuesday when they battle the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field. <?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>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Marquis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> on this day. Righthander Marquis is 12-6 this season with a 3.49 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Mets will counter Marquis with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Michael<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pelfrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pelfrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.99 ERA to go along with a 7-6 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, 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\"><st2:GivenName>Fernando<\/st2:GivenName> Tatis&#8217; pinch-hit grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted the Mets past the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> 7-3 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won as +140 home underdogs as the teams played OVER the 9-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Francoeur<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo drive for the Mets, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Pedro<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Feliciano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Oliver<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Perez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Troy Tulowitzki had a two-run blast for <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Juan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Rincon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss after allowing Tatis&#8217; grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 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>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 54-45 SU<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 47-51 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Colorado most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 1-9<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 4-6<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Colorado are 7-3<br \/>After playing Colorado are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 4-6<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 UNDER in 5 of Colorado&#8217;s last 6 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado&#8217;s last 8 games when playing on the road against NY Mets<br \/>Colorado is 16-6 SU in its last 22 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado&#8217;s last 9 games on the road<br \/>NY Mets are 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Colorado<br \/>NY Mets are 19-2 SU in its last 21 games when playing at home against Colorado<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Colorado<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>NY Mets home to <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, July 29<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 New York Mets on Tuesday when they battle the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field. Jason Marquis will be the starting pitcher for the Rockies on this day. Righthander Marquis is 12-6 this season with a 3.49 ERA. The Mets will counter Marquis with Michael Pelfrey. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rockies-mets-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockies-Mets 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-5037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5037","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=5037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}