{"id":5315,"date":"2009-08-18T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-phillies-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-18T07:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T12:35:00","slug":"diamondbacks-phillies-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-phillies-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks-Phillies Odds 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 Arizona Diamondbacks and the Philadelphia Phillies when they take their seats on Tuesday. <?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 Diamondbacks will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Garland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st1:City><st1:place>Garland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has a 6-10 record and a 4.28 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Pedro<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Martinez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Phillies in this contest. Righthander Martinez is 1-0 with a 5.40 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 190-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, 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>Mark<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Reynolds<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a two-run blast for <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in its 9-4 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Monday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -165 home favorites as the game played OVER the 8-run total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 4-1 as a +115 underdog on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (7.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Howard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-3 with two home runs and four RBI for <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>J.A.<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Happ<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed only one run on three hits over 7 2-3 strong innings in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 54-65 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 66-49 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Arizona most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 4-6<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 8-2<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 4-6<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 \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>Arizona is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>Arizona is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona<br \/>Philadelphia is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, August 19<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 Arizona Diamondbacks and the Philadelphia Phillies when they take their seats on Tuesday. The Diamondbacks will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Jon Garland in this game. Garland has a 6-10 record and a 4.28 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-phillies-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Diamondbacks-Phillies Odds 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-5315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5315","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=5315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}