{"id":5326,"date":"2009-08-19T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-phillies-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-19T06:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T11:46:00","slug":"diamondbacks-phillies-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-phillies-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks-Phillies 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday when they battle the Arizona Diamondbacks 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>. <?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>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Dan<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Haren<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Diamondbacks to start this game. Haren is 12-7 this season with a 2.50 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Cliff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Phillies in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 10-9 with a 2.86 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 172-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>Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ruiz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-for-3 with a homer and two runs batted in, as the Phillies got past the Diamondbacks 5-1 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -175 home favorites, while the game played UNDER the 10-run total posted by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jayson<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Werth<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a big fly and two RBIs for the Phillies, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jamie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Moyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Pedro<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Martinez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Stephen<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Drew<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo shot for <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Garland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was ripped for five runs over 5 1-3 innings to take the loss for the Diamondbacks. <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 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 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>: 54-66 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 67-49 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 Wednesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 4-6<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 8-2<br \/>After playing Arizona are 5-5<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 \/>Arizona is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Arizona is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Arizona is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Arizona<br \/>Philadelphia is 17-7 SU in its last 24 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>, 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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday when they battle the Arizona Diamondbacks at Citizens Bank Park. Righthander Dan Haren will take the mound for the Diamondbacks to start this game. Haren is 12-7 this season with a 2.50 ERA. It&#8217;ll be ace Cliff Lee toeing the rubber &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-phillies-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Diamondbacks-Phillies 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-5326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5326","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=5326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}