{"id":5607,"date":"2009-09-17T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-nationals-vs-phillies\/"},"modified":"2009-09-17T09:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T14:58:00","slug":"mlb-betting-nationals-vs-phillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-nationals-vs-phillies\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting: Nationals vs Phillies"},"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 Thursday when they battle the Washington Nationals 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\">Lefthander Ross Detwiler will take the mound for the Nationals to start this game. Detwiler is 0-5 this season with a 6.40 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be ace Cole Hamels toeing the rubber for the Phillies in this contest. Lefthander Hamels is 9-9 with a 4.21 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 300-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\">Jayson Werth belted a grand slam home run on Wednesday, leading the Phillies in a 6-1 win over the Nationals. The Phillies won the game as -270 favorites, while the seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Joe Blanton improved to 10-7 with the win, allowing five hits over six scoreless innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Willie Harris drove in the only run for the Nationals, who were +140 underdogs. Livan Hernandez suffered the loss, allowing seven hits and two runs over six innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 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>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 50-95 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 84-60 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 3-7<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 4-6<br \/>After playing Washington are 9-1<br \/>After a win are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Washington is 4-13 SU in its last 17 games <br \/>Washington is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games on the road<br \/>Washington is 1-11 SU in its last 12 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington<br \/>Philadelphia is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing Washington<br \/>Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at NY Mets, Friday, September 18<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, September 18<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&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 Thursday when they battle the Washington Nationals at Citizens Bank Park. Lefthander Ross Detwiler will take the mound for the Nationals to start this game. Detwiler is 0-5 this season with a 6.40 ERA. It&#8217;ll be ace Cole Hamels toeing the rubber &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-nationals-vs-phillies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MLB Betting: Nationals vs Phillies<\/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-5607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5607","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=5607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}