{"id":5140,"date":"2009-08-03T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/giants-astros-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-03T08:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T13:16:00","slug":"giants-astros-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/giants-astros-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-Astros Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The San Francisco Giants and the Houston Astros will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Minute<\/st1:PlaceName> Maid<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Cain<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Giants on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Cain<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 12-2 this season with a 2.12 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Mike<\/st2:GivenName> Hampton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Astros. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Hampton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-8 with a 5.36 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Giants listed as 150-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Giants defeated Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 7-3 as a +155 underdog on Sunday. The 10 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Freddy Sanchez<\/st2:Sn> was 2-4 with a pair of RBI for San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Barry<\/st2:GivenName> Zito<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed two earned runs on six hits in six innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros defeated St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 2-0 as a +230 underdog on Sunday. The two runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Bud<\/st2:GivenName> Norris<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched seven shutout innings for Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> and Miguel<\/st2:GivenName> Tejada<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-3 with an RBI in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 58-47 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Houston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 52-53 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
San Francisco most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Houston are 4-6
After playing Philadelphia are 5-5
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Houston most recently:
When playing on Monday are 7-3
Before playing San Francisco are 7-3
After playing St. Louis are 6-4
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
San Francisco is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Francisco’s last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Francisco’s last 6 games when playing Houston
Houston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against San Francisco
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games at home
Houston is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing San Francisco
Houston is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The San Francisco Giants and the Houston Astros will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Minute Maid Park. Matt Cain will be the starting pitcher for the Giants on this day. Righthander Cain is 12-2 this season with a 2.12 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Mike Hampton who … Continue reading Giants-Astros Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/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-5140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140","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=5140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}