{"id":5146,"date":"2009-08-04T07:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/marlins-nationals-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-04T07:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T12:27:00","slug":"marlins-nationals-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/marlins-nationals-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins-Nationals 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\">The Florida Marlins and the Washington Nationals will meet on the field at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Nationals<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> on Tuesday in a battle of division rivals. <?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 Marlins will give the ball to ace starter <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Josh<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 10-2 this season with a 2.87 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn>&#8216;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>J.D.<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Martin<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Nationals righthander has a 7.50 ERA to go along with a 0-2 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Marlins listed as 190-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, 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 Marlins defeated the Cubs 3-2 as a +125 underdog on Sunday. The five 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>Cody<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ross<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a pair of home runs, including a walk-off solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning for <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ricky<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nolasco<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed one run on four hits in seven innings in a no-decision. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Adam<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Dunn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 with a three-run homer, as the Nationals upset the Pirates 8-4 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> cashed as +130 road underdogs as the game played OVER the 9-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 55-50 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 34-72 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Florida most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Washington are 7-3<br \/>After playing Chi Cubs are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Florida are 3-7<br \/>After playing Pittsburgh are 4-6<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 \/>Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington<br \/>Florida is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Washington<br \/>Florida is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 7 of Washington&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington&#8217;s last 7 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Florida<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Washington&#8217;s last 12 games when playing Florida<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, August 5<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 Florida Marlins and the Washington Nationals will meet on the field at Nationals Park on Tuesday in a battle of division rivals. The Marlins will give the ball to ace starter Josh Johnson in this one. Righthander Johnson is 10-2 this season with a 2.87 ERA. Johnson&#8216;s opponent in this one will be J.D. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/marlins-nationals-lines-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marlins-Nationals 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-5146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146","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=5146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}