{"id":5254,"date":"2009-08-13T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/astros-marlins-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-13T07:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T12:02:00","slug":"astros-marlins-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/astros-marlins-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Marlins Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Astros and the Florida Marlins will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at LandShark Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Mike<\/st2:GivenName> Hampton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Hampton<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has a 7-9 record and a 5.30 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Marlins will counter Hampton<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> with Sean<\/st2:GivenName> West<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> West<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.88 ERA to go along with a 3-4 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Marlins listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros scored seven runs in the fourth inning as they crushed the Marlins 14-6 on Wednesday, as +170 underdogs. The 20 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Hunter Pence belted two three-run homers to lead the Astros, and Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in three runs. Bud<\/st2:GivenName> Norris<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed 10 hits and five runs over five innings in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Hanley<\/st2:GivenName> Ramirez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two RBIs for the Marlins, while Ricky<\/st2:GivenName> Nolasco<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up 10 runs off eight hits over 3 1-3 innings in the loss. Oddsmakers had the Marlins as -190 favorites. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 56-58 SU
Florida: 60-54 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Milwaukee are 4-6
After playing Florida are 5-5
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

Florida most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 2-8
Before playing Colorado are 5-5
After playing Houston are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games
Houston is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Houston is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Florida
Houston is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Florida
Florida is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Houston
Florida is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Florida is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Houston
Florida is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> at Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, August 14
Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, August 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Astros and the Florida Marlins will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at LandShark Stadium. The Astros will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Mike Hampton in this game. Hampton has a 7-9 record and a 5.30 ERA this season. The Marlins will counter Hampton with … Continue reading Astros-Marlins 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-5254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5254","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=5254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}