{"id":5170,"date":"2009-08-06T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/marlins-nationals-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-06T06:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T11:02:00","slug":"marlins-nationals-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/marlins-nationals-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins-Nationals Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Florida Marlins and the Washington Nationals will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Nationals<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Chris<\/st2:middlename> Volstad<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Marlins to start this game. Volstad is 8-9 this season with a 4.35 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Craig<\/st2:GivenName> Stammen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Nationals in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Stammen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-6 with a 4.96 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Marlins listed as 147-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Nationals won their second straight in a three-game set with a 5-4 win over the Marlins on Wednesday, as +100 underdogs. That game’s nine runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cristian<\/st2:GivenName> Guzman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate and drove in a pair of runs to lead the Nationals. John<\/st2:GivenName> Lannan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> evened his record to 8-8 with the win, allowing eight hits and two runs over six innings of work. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dan<\/st2:GivenName> Uggla<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in three runs for the Marlins, who were -120 favorites. Rick<\/st2:GivenName> VandenHurk<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up seven hits and five runs over four innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.
Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 55-52 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 36-72 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Florida most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Philadelphia are 3-7
After playing Washington are 7-3
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Washington most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 2-8
Before playing Arizona are 5-5
After playing Florida are 2-8
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Florida is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing Washington
Florida is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Washington
Florida is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Florida is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Washington is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Florida
Washington is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games when playing Florida<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, August 7
Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> home to Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, August 7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Florida Marlins and the Washington Nationals will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Nationals Park. Righthander Chris Volstad will take the mound for the Marlins to start this game. Volstad is 8-9 this season with a 4.35 ERA. It’ll be Craig Stammen toeing the rubber for the Nationals … Continue reading Marlins-Nationals 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-5170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5170","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=5170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}