{"id":5063,"date":"2009-07-29T08:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/dodgers-cardinals-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-29T08:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T13:46:00","slug":"dodgers-cardinals-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/dodgers-cardinals-lines-preview-2\/","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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday when they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers 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\">The Dodgers will trot <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Clayton<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kershaw<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kershaw<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 8-5 record and a 2.96 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Joel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Cardinals in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 9-9 with a 2.95 ERA so far 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 115-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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mark<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>DeRosa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> smashed a three-run homer, as the Cardinals drilled the Dodgers 10-0 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -130 home favorites as the teams played OVER the 7.5-run total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Adam<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wainwright<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched eight scoreless innings to get the victory for the Cardinals, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Yadier<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Molina<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-for-4 with two runs batted in for <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Losing pitcher Chad Billingsley was rocked for six runs over 5 2-3 innings for <st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Russell<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Martin<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 for the Dodgers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 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>62-38 SU<br \/>St.<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> <st2:GivenName>Louis<\/st2:GivenName>: 55-48 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 Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 3-7<br \/>After playing St. Louis are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 7-3<br \/>After playing LA Dodgers are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 5-5<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 10 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 13 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against St. Louis<br \/>LA Dodgers are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing St. Louis<br \/>LA Dodgers are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 7 games at home<br \/>St. Louis is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>St. Louis is 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers<br \/>St. Louis is 4-1 SU in their last 5 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, Thursday, July 30<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><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 St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday when they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium. The Dodgers will trot Clayton Kershaw out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Kershaw has a 8-5 record and a 2.96 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be Joel Pineiro toeing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/dodgers-cardinals-lines-preview-2\/\" 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-5063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5063","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=5063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}