{"id":5090,"date":"2009-07-31T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/diamondbacks-mets-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-31T06:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T11:22:00","slug":"diamondbacks-mets-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/diamondbacks-mets-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks-Mets 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 New York Mets will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the Arizona Diamondbacks 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\">The Diamondbacks will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Doug<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Davis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Davis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has a 5-10 record and a 3.76 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Mets will counter <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Davis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Livan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.87 ERA to go along with a 7-5 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, 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>Justin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Upton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in three runs on Wednesday, as the Diamondbacks defeated the Phillies 4-0. The Diamondbacks won the game as +135 underdogs, while the team&#8217;s played UNDER the posted over\/under (10). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Yusmeiro Petit allowed just four hits over six scoreless innings, while striking out eight batters for the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Mets were doubled 4-2 by the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> in the second game of the doubleheader. That game&#8217;s six runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Fernando<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Tatis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep in the loss for the Mets, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jonathan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Niese<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up eight hits and four runs over 6 1-3 innings in the loss. <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 lost 2 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>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 44-58 SU<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 48-53 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Arizona most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 5-5<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 5-5<br \/>After playing Colorado are 5-5<br \/>After a loss 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 UNDER in 4 of Arizona&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Arizona&#8217;s last 11 games on the road<br \/>Arizona is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Mets<br \/>Arizona is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>NY Mets are 18-7 SU in its last 25 games when playing Arizona<br \/>NY Mets are 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>NY Mets are 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>NY Mets are 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Arizona<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>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, August 1<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 New York Mets will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the Arizona Diamondbacks at Citi Field. The Diamondbacks will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Doug Davis in this game. Davis has a 5-10 record and a 3.76 ERA this season. The Mets will counter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/diamondbacks-mets-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Diamondbacks-Mets 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-5090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090","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=5090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}