{"id":5129,"date":"2009-08-02T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-giants-odds-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-08-02T09:03:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-02T14:03:00","slug":"phillies-giants-odds-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-giants-odds-preview-3\/","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 fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:place><st2:PlaceName>AT&amp;T<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place> will be treated to a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants when they take their seats on Sunday. <?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 give the ball to ace starter <st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Cole<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Hamels<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this one. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Hamels<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 7-5 this season with a 4.42 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Barry<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Zito<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Giants in this contest. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Zito<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 6-10 with a 4.54 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 Phillies listed as 165-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, 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\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Tim<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Lincecum<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed eight scoreless innings and the Giants defeated the Phillies 2-0 on Saturday, as -145 favorites. The team&#8217;s played UNDER the posted over\/under (7). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Juan<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Uribe<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in both runs for the Giants. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Brian<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Wilson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> closed out the ninth with his 27<sup>th<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Joe<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Blanton<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up two runs off seven hits over seven innings of work for the Phillies, who were +125 underdogs in that game. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Philadelphia<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 59-43 SU<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>San Francisco<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 57-47 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 Sunday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Colorado are 7-3<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Houston are 4-6<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 5-5<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 16-5 SU in its last 21 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road<br \/>Philadelphia is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against San Francisco<br \/>Philadelphia is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Francisco<br \/>San Francisco is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>San Francisco is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<br \/>San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Philadelphia<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st2:State><st2:place>Colorado<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>, Tuesday, August 4<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>San Francisco<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Monday, August 3<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 fans at AT&amp;T Park will be treated to a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants when they take their seats on Sunday. The Phillies will give the ball to ace starter Cole Hamels in this one. Lefthander Hamels is 7-5 this season with a 4.42 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Barry Zito &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-giants-odds-preview-3\/\" 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-5129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5129","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=5129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}