{"id":5380,"date":"2009-08-25T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T11:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-vs-pirates-baseball-sports-betting\/"},"modified":"2009-08-25T06:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T11:44:00","slug":"phillies-vs-pirates-baseball-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-vs-pirates-baseball-sports-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies vs Pirates Baseball Sports Betting"},"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 Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>PNC<\/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>Joe<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Phillies to start this game. Blanton is 8-6 this season with a 3.86 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Pirates will counter Blanton with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ross<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ohlendorf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ohlendorf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.15 ERA to go along with a 11-8 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 Pirates, 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>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Howard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-5 with two homers and five runs batted in to lead the Phillies over the Mets 6-2 on Monday. <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 -300 road favorites, while the game played OVER the 7.5-run total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Pirates lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 4-1 as a -135 favorite on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER 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>Delwyn<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Young<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-4 and drove in a run for <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hart<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss after giving up three runs on six hits in five innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<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>: 72-50 SU<br \/>Pittsburgh: 51-71 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 Tuesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Pittsburgh are 7-3<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 9-1<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 3-7<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 2-8<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 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh<br \/>Philadelphia is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Pittsburgh<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, August 26<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<div>&nbsp;<\/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 Pittsburgh Pirates will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at PNC Park. Righthander Joe Blanton will take the mound for the Phillies to start this game. Blanton is 8-6 this season with a 3.86 ERA. The Pirates will counter Blanton with Ross Ohlendorf. Righthander Ohlendorf &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-vs-pirates-baseball-sports-betting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phillies vs Pirates Baseball Sports Betting<\/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-5380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5380","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=5380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}