{"id":5171,"date":"2009-08-06T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rockies-phillies-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-06T06:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T11:35:00","slug":"rockies-phillies-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rockies-phillies-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies-Phillies 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 fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Citizens<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Bank<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Colorado Rockies and the Philadelphia Phillies when they take their seats on Thursday. <?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 <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cook<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:Sn>Cook<\/st2:Sn> has a 10-3 record and a 3.88 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Cliff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Phillies in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 8-9 with a 3.02 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 183-moneyline favorites versus the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>, 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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>J.A.<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Happ<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> fanned 10 batters in a complete game four-hit shutout on Wednesday, as the Phillies defeated the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> 7-0. The seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jayson<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Werth<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a three-run homer to lead the Phillies, and Happ improved to 8-2 with the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jorge<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>De La Rosa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up 10 hits and seven runs over five innings in the loss for the Phillies, who were +135 underdogs. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 60-47 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 60-45 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Colorado most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Chi Cubs are 1-9<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 1-9<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Florida are 8-2<br \/>After playing Colorado are 8-2<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 \/>Colorado is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Colorado is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Colorado is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>Colorado is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado<br \/>Philadelphia is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing Colorado<br \/>Philadelphia is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 17-7 SU in its last 24 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Chi Cubs, Friday, August 7<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, August 7<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 Citizens Bank Park will be treated to a game between the Colorado Rockies and the Philadelphia Phillies when they take their seats on Thursday. The Rockies will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Aaron Cook in this game. Cook has a 10-3 record and a 3.88 ERA this season. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rockies-phillies-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockies-Phillies 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-5171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5171","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=5171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}