{"id":5360,"date":"2009-08-23T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-23T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-mets-mlb-odds\/"},"modified":"2009-08-23T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-23T15:08:00","slug":"phillies-mets-mlb-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-mets-mlb-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies-Mets MLB Odds"},"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 Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets will meet on the field at Citi Field on Sunday in a battle of division rivals. <?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 Pedro Martinez will take the mound for the Phillies 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 1-0 this season with a 4.50 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Mets will counter <st1:City><st1:place>Martinez<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Oliver<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Perez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Perez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 6.06 ERA to go along with a 3-3 record 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 Mets, 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>Chase<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Utley<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run homer in a three-run sixth inning as the Phillies defeated the Mets 4-1 on Saturday. The Phillies won the game as -250 favorites, while the team&#8217;s played UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Pedro<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Feliz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ruiz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the other runs for the Phillies. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>J.A.<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Happ<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up just one run over seven innings for his 10<sup>th<\/sup> win, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brad<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lidge<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> earned his 24<sup>th<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Omir Santos drove in the only run for the Mets, who were +220 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Pat<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Misch<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered two runs in taking the loss in relief. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 70-50 SU<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 57-66 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 6-4<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 6-4<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 3-7<br \/>After a loss 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 \/>Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>NY Mets are 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>NY Mets are 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>NY Mets are 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Philadelphia<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>NY Mets home to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, August 24<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 Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets will meet on the field at Citi Field on Sunday in a battle of division rivals. Righthander Pedro Martinez will take the mound for the Phillies to start this game. Martinez is 1-0 this season with a 4.50 ERA. The Mets will counter Martinez with Oliver Perez. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-mets-mlb-odds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phillies-Mets MLB Odds<\/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-5360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5360","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=5360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}