{"id":5183,"date":"2009-08-07T08:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-nationals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-07T08:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T13:28:00","slug":"diamondbacks-nationals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-nationals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks-Nationals Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Washington Nationals will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Nationals<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Diamondbacks will give the ball to starter Jon<\/st2:GivenName> Garland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Garland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-10 this season with a 4.26 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Garland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>‘s opponent in this one will be Collin<\/st2:GivenName> Balester<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Nationals righthander has a 3.68 ERA to go along with a 1-1 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Nationals listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Diamondbacks scored five runs in the top of the 12th<\/sup> inning to defeat the Pirates 11-6 on Thursday, as -130 favorites. That game’s 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Alex<\/st2:GivenName> Romero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 4-for-7 at the plate and drove in three runs, while Jon<\/st2:GivenName> Rauch<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 2-0 with the victory. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Zimmerman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 4-for-4 and launched a two-run homer on Thursday, leading the Nationals in a 12-8 win over the Marlins. The Nationals won the game as +155 underdogs, while the 20 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Elijah<\/st2:GivenName> Dukes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in four runs, while Jorge<\/st2:GivenName> Sosa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed 1 2-3 innings of relief for the victory. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 5 straight games.
Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 50-59 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 37-72 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Arizona most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Washington are 4-6
After playing Pittsburgh are 6-4
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Washington most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Arizona are 5-5
After playing Florida are 3-7
After a win are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Arizona is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Arizona is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Arizona is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Arizona’s last 9 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Washington’s last 9 games when playing at home against Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington’s last 8 games when playing Arizona<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, August 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Washington Nationals will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Nationals Park. The Diamondbacks will give the ball to starter Jon Garland in this one. Righthander Garland is 6-10 this season with a 4.26 ERA. Garland‘s opponent in this one will be Collin Balester. The … Continue reading Diamondbacks-Nationals Lines 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-5183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183","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=5183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}