{"id":5316,"date":"2009-08-18T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rockies-nationals-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-18T07:37:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T12:37:00","slug":"rockies-nationals-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rockies-nationals-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies-Nationals 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Washington Nationals on Tuesday when they battle the Colorado Rockies at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Nationals<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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 <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> will trot <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Ubaldo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jimenez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jimenez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 10-9 record and a 3.47 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:Sn>Jimenez<\/st2:Sn>&#8216;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Craig<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Stammen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Nationals righthander has a 5.24 ERA to go along with a 3-6 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> listed as 175-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, 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 <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> defeated <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 7-3 as a -110 favorite in Game 2 of a doubleheader on Sunday. The 10 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Clint<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Barmes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brad<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hawpe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit two-run homers for <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jorge<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>De La Rosa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed one unearned run on seven hits in 5 2-3 innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Nationals defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 5-4 as a +105 underdog on Sunday. The nine runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over\/under total (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Josh<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Willingham<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-4 with a home run and three RBI for <st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Adam<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Dunn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-2 with three runs scored 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><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 65-53 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 43-75 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Colorado most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Washington are 6-4<br \/>After playing Florida are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Colorado are 4-6<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 9-1<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of Colorado&#8217;s last 9 games <br \/>Colorado is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Washington<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Washington is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Colorado<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Washington Nationals on Tuesday when they battle the Colorado Rockies at Nationals Park. The Rockies will trot Ubaldo Jimenez out to the mound in this one. Righthander Jimenez has a 10-9 record and a 3.47 ERA this season. Jimenez&#8216;s opponent in this one will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rockies-nationals-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockies-Nationals 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-5316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5316","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=5316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}