{"id":5815,"date":"2009-09-28T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-astros-vs-phillies\/"},"modified":"2009-09-28T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-28T14:44:00","slug":"mlb-betting-astros-vs-phillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-astros-vs-phillies\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting: Astros 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\">The Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet 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\">The Astros will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Yorman Bazardo in this game. Bazardo has a 0-2 record and a 11.73 ERA this season. <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 10-9 with a 4.11 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Winning pitcher Wandy Rodriguez allowed two runs over six innings to lead the Astros past the Reds 3-2 on Sunday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -150 home favorites, while the game played UNDER the 8-run total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Shane Victorino and Pedro Feliz both drove in two runs to lead the Phillies past the Brewers 6-5 on Sunday. <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 -135 road favorites, while the game played OVER the 9.5-run total set by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 72-83 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 90-65 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Houston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 7-3<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 2-8<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Houston are 4-6<br \/>After playing Milwaukee 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 \/>Houston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Houston&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Houston is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Houston<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:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, September 29<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in\"><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>The Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Citizens Bank Park. The Astros will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Yorman Bazardo in this game. Bazardo has a 0-2 record and a 11.73 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be ace Cole Hamels &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-betting-astros-vs-phillies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MLB Betting: Astros 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-5815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5815","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=5815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}