{"id":5099,"date":"2009-07-31T06:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T11:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/phillies-giants-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-31T06:37:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T11:37:00","slug":"phillies-giants-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/phillies-giants-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies-Giants 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the San Francisco Giants on Friday when they battle the Philadelphia Phillies at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>AT&amp;T<\/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\">The Phillies will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace lefthander <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Cliff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:GivenName>Lee<\/st2:GivenName> has a 7-9 record and a 3.14 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:GivenName>Lee<\/st2:GivenName>&#8216;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Sadowski<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Giants righthander has a 4.81 ERA to go along with a 2-3 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Pablo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Sandoval<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a solo home run and drove in four runs to lead the Giants to a 7-2 victory over the Phillies on Thursday, as +100 underdogs. That game&#8217;s nine runs made it OVER 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>Eugenio<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Velez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a bases-loaded double to drive in three runs for the Giants. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jonathan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Sanchez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed 5 2-3 innings for the win, allowing just three hits and two runs. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chase<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Utley<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep for the Phillies, who were -120 favorites. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Rodrigo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lopez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered seven runs over four 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:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 58-42 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 56-46 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing San Francisco are 5-5<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 4-6<br \/>After a win 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 \/>Philadelphia is 19-5 SU in its last 24 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Philadelphia is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing San Francisco<br \/>Philadelphia is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against San Francisco<br \/>San Francisco is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home<br \/>San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>San Francisco is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<br \/>San Francisco is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, 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>A winning streak will be on the line for the San Francisco Giants on Friday when they battle the Philadelphia Phillies at AT&amp;T Park. The Phillies will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace lefthander Cliff Lee in this game. Lee has a 7-9 record and a 3.14 ERA this season. Lee&#8216;s opponent in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/phillies-giants-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phillies-Giants 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-5099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099","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=5099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}