{"id":5325,"date":"2009-08-19T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rockies-nationals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-19T06:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T11:45:00","slug":"rockies-nationals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rockies-nationals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies-Nationals 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 Colorado Rockies and the Washington Nationals will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle 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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Marquis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> on this day. Righthander Marquis is 13-8 this season with a 3.55 ERA. <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>Collin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Balester<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Nationals in this contest. Righthander Balester is 1-2 with a 6.00 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 <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\">Winning pitcher <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ubaldo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jimenez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs over eight innings to lead the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> over the Nationals 4-3 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won as -160 road favorites as the game played UNDER the 9-run total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brad<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hawpe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had a homer and two runs batted in for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>, who also got a big fly from <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Clint<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Barmes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Nyjer<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Morgan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 with an RBI for <st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Sean<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Burnett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss in relief of starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Craig<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Stammen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for the Nationals. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 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>: 66-53 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 43-76 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 Wednesday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Washington are 6-4<br \/>After playing Washington are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Colorado are 4-6<br \/>After playing Colorado are 2-8<br \/>After a loss 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 \/>Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington<br \/>Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington<br \/>Colorado is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Colorado is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Washington is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home<br \/>Washington is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games <br \/>Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado<br \/>Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing 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>, Thursday, August 20<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 Colorado Rockies and the Washington Nationals will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Nationals Park. Jason Marquis will be the starting pitcher for the Rockies on this day. Righthander Marquis is 13-8 this season with a 3.55 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Collin Balester toeing the rubber for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rockies-nationals-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockies-Nationals 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-5325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5325","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=5325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}