{"id":5301,"date":"2009-08-17T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/giants-mets-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-17T06:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-17T11:43:00","slug":"giants-mets-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/giants-mets-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-Mets 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 Citi Field will be treated to a game between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets when they take their seats on Monday. <?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\">Righthander Joe Martinez will take the mound for the Giants to start this game. <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Martinez<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 1-1 this season with a 5.79 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Livan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Mets in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-7 with a 5.28 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 Mets listed as 102-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, 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\">The Mets defeated the Giants 3-2 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Daniel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Murphy<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning for the Mets and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Luis<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Castillo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run home run in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Eugenio<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Velez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored for <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jonathan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Sanchez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs on four hits in seven innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 63-54 SU<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 54-63 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">San Francisco most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Cincinnati are 6-4<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 5-5<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Francisco&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Francisco&#8217;s last 8 games when playing on the road against NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 12 of San Francisco&#8217;s last 18 games on the road<br \/>San Francisco is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games on the road<br \/>NY Mets are 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against San Francisco<br \/>NY Mets are 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing San Francisco<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 8 games when playing at home against San Francisco<br \/>NY Mets are 6-12 SU in its last 18 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 18<br \/>NY Mets home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 18<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 Citi Field will be treated to a game between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets when they take their seats on Monday. Righthander Joe Martinez will take the mound for the Giants to start this game. Martinez is 1-1 this season with a 5.79 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Livan Hernandez &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/giants-mets-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Giants-Mets 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-5301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5301","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=5301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}