{"id":5072,"date":"2009-07-30T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/nationals-brewers-odds-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-07-30T08:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:38:00","slug":"nationals-brewers-odds-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/nationals-brewers-odds-preview-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationals-Brewers Odds 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 Washington Nationals and the Milwaukee Brewers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Miller<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>J.D.<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Martin<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Nationals on this day. righthander <st2:GivenName>Martin<\/st2:GivenName> is 0-1 this season with a 7.50 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Brewers will be ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Yovani<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gallardo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 3.09 ERA to go along with a 9-7 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Brewers listed as 275-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, 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 Brewers ended a three-game losing skid with a 7-5 victory over the Nationals on Wednesday, as -200 favorites. That game&#8217;s 12 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (10). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Casey<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>McGeehee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a pinch-hit two-run homer for the Brewers. Manny Parra pitched six innings for the win, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Trevor<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hoffman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> closed out the game with his 23<sup>rd<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Zimmerman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits and drove in a pair of runs for the Nationals, who were +180 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Tyler<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Clippard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs in relief and was tagged with the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn>: 32-69 SU<br \/>Milwaukee: 50-51 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Pittsburgh are 3-7<br \/>After playing Milwaukee are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing San Diego are 6-4<br \/>After playing Washington are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 1-9<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 7 of Washington&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Milwaukee<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 7 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Washington<br \/>Milwaukee is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Washington<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> at <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 31<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 31<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 Washington Nationals and the Milwaukee Brewers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Miller Park. J.D. Martin will be the starting pitcher for the Nationals on this day. righthander Martin is 0-1 this season with a 7.50 ERA. Starting this game for the Brewers will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/nationals-brewers-odds-preview-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nationals-Brewers Odds 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-5072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072","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=5072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}