{"id":5116,"date":"2009-08-01T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-giants-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-01T08:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:38:00","slug":"phillies-giants-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-giants-odds-preview-2\/","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\">The Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet 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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Joe<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Phillies on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-4 this season with a 4.11 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Tim<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lincecum<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Giants in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lincecum<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 11-3 with a 2.30 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 Giants listed as 150-moneyline favorites versus the Phillies, 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>Cliff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed a complete-game and the Phillies squared their four-game set with a 5-1 win over the Giants on Friday, as -180 favorites. That game&#8217;s six runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jayson<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Werth<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the Phillies with a solo home run and three RBIs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Cliff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed a complete game for the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Juan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Uribe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the lone run for the Giants, who were +160 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Sadowski<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run and suffered the loss on the hill. <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>: 59-42 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 56-47 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 Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing San Francisco are 5-5<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 4-6<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 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <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>, 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>The Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at AT&amp;T Park. Joe Blanton will be the starting pitcher for the Phillies on this day. Righthander Blanton is 7-4 this season with a 4.11 ERA. It&#8217;ll be ace Tim Lincecum toeing the rubber for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-giants-odds-preview-2\/\" 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-5116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5116","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=5116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}