{"id":5112,"date":"2009-08-01T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-mets-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-01T08:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:25:00","slug":"diamondbacks-mets-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-mets-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks-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 Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday when they battle the New York Mets 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>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Max<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Scherzer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Diamondbacks to start this game. Scherzer is 6-6 this season with a 3.63 ERA. <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>Oliver<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Perez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Mets in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Perez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-3 with a 7.42 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 Diamondbacks listed as 140-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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Justin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Upton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the winning run to lift the Diamondbacks over the Mets 3-2 on Friday, as a -110 pick&#8217;em. The five runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <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>Reynolds<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 at the plate with a solo home run for the Diamondbacks. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Esmerling<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Vasquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 2-2 with the win in relief, and Chad Qualls notched his 19<sup>th<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Daniel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Murphy<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered for the Mets, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Sean<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Green<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> suffered the loss in relief. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 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>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 45-58 SU<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 48-54 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 Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 6-4<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 4-6<br \/>After playing Arizona are 4-6<br \/>After a loss 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 Arizona&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Arizona is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Arizona&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>Arizona is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>NY Mets are 17-8 SU in its last 25 games when playing Arizona<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 9 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>, Sunday, August 2<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 Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday when they battle the New York Mets at Citi Field. Righthander Max Scherzer will take the mound for the Diamondbacks to start this game. Scherzer is 6-6 this season with a 3.63 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Oliver Perez toeing the rubber for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-mets-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Diamondbacks-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-5112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5112","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=5112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}