{"id":5197,"date":"2009-08-07T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/reds-giants-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-07T09:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T14:34:00","slug":"reds-giants-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/reds-giants-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds-Giants Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at AT&T<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Reds will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Homer<\/st2:GivenName> Bailey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Bailey<\/st2:GivenName> has a 2-3 record and a 7.06 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Giants will counter Bailey<\/st2:GivenName> with ace Tim<\/st2:GivenName> Lincecum<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Lincecum<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 2.18 ERA to go along with a 12-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Giants listed as 320-moneyline favorites versus the Reds, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Justin<\/st2:GivenName> Lehr<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed a four-hit complete game shutout on Wednesday, as the Reds defeated the Cubs 4-0. The Reds won that game as +180 underdogs, while the four runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Scott<\/st2:GivenName> Rolen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in a pair of runs to lead the Reds, and Lehr picked up his first victory of the season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Eli<\/st2:GivenName> Whiteside<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> launched a grand slam home run as the Giants defeated the Astros 10-6 in the series rubber match on Wednesday. The Giants won that game as +135 underdogs, while the 16 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pablo<\/st2:GivenName> Sandoval<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate with a pair of RBIs and a couple of runs scored for the Giants. Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Martinez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed just three runs over five innings for his second straight victory. <\/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:
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 46-61 SU
San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 60-48 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cincinnati most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing San Francisco are 5-5
After playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After a win are 2-8<\/p>\n

San Francisco most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
Before playing Cincinnati are 4-6
After playing Houston are 5-5
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cincinnati’s last 5 games when playing San Francisco
Cincinnati is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Francisco
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Cincinnati’s last 13 games when playing on the road against San Francisco
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cincinnati’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Francisco’s last 5 games when playing Cincinnati
San Francisco is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco’s last 7 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, August 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at AT&T Park. The Reds will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Homer Bailey in this game. Bailey has a 2-3 record and a 7.06 ERA this season. The Giants will … Continue reading Reds-Giants 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-5197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5197","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=5197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}