{"id":5139,"date":"2009-08-03T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-mets-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-03T08:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T13:14:00","slug":"diamondbacks-mets-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-mets-odds-preview-2\/","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 Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Mets will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle 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 trot <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Dan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Haren<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Haren<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 10-6 record and a 2.19 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Mets will counter Haren with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Nelson<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Figueroa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Figueroa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.50 ERA to go along with a 0-1 record 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 180-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\">The Diamondbacks defeated the Mets 5-2 as a +110 underdog on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Garland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched a complete-game six-hitter, allowing only two runs for <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Chad Tracy drove in a pair of runs in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Francoeur<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run for the Mets and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mike<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pelfry<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed three runs on five hits in five innings. <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>: 46-59 SU<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 49-55 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 Monday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Pittsburgh are 6-4<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 4-6<br \/>After playing Arizona 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 Arizona&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Arizona&#8217;s last 14 games on the road<br \/>Arizona is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against NY Mets<br \/>Arizona is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>NY Mets are 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Arizona<br \/>NY Mets are 2-5 SU in its last 7 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 \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 4<br \/>NY Mets home to <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 4<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 Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Mets will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Citi Field. The Diamondbacks will trot Dan Haren out to the mound in this one. Righthander Haren has a 10-6 record and a 2.19 ERA this season. The Mets will counter Haren &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-mets-odds-preview-2\/\" 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-5139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5139","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=5139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}