{"id":5734,"date":"2009-09-24T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-padres-vs-rockies\/"},"modified":"2009-09-24T07:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T12:39:00","slug":"mlb-betting-padres-vs-rockies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-padres-vs-rockies\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting: Padres vs Rockies"},"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\">Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Thursday when the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies meet at Coors Field. <?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\">The Padres will give the ball to starter Clayton Richard in this one. Lefthander Richard is 8-5 this season with a 4.74 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be Jason Hammel toeing the rubber for the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> in this contest. Righthander Hammel is 9-8 with a 4.42 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 210-moneyline favorites versus the Padres, 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\">The Padres evened their three-game series on Wednesday with a 6-3 victory over the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>, as +180 underdogs. The game&#8217;s nine 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\">Will Venable homered and drove in four runs to lift the Padres. Ryan Webb picked up the win in relief, and Heath Bell closed out the victory with his 40<sup>th<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Seth Smith had two hits with one RBI and one runs scored for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>, who were -200 favorites. Jason Marquis surrendered six runs over 4 2-3 innings in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 70-83 SU<br \/>Colorado: 86-66 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">San Diego most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 2-8<br \/>After playing Colorado are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Colorado most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 7-3<br \/>After playing San Diego are 3-7<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 \/>San Diego is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>San Diego is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Colorado<br \/>Colorado is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado&#8217;s last 7 games when playing San Diego<br \/>Colorado is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against San Diego<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, September 25<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, September 25<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>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Thursday when the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies meet at Coors Field. The Padres will give the ball to starter Clayton Richard in this one. Lefthander Richard is 8-5 this season with a 4.74 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Jason Hammel toeing the rubber for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-padres-vs-rockies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MLB Betting: Padres vs Rockies<\/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-5734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5734","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=5734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}