{"id":5932,"date":"2009-10-08T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/mlb-betting-rockies-vs-phillies\/"},"modified":"2009-10-08T07:07:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-08T12:07:00","slug":"mlb-betting-rockies-vs-phillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/mlb-betting-rockies-vs-phillies\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting: Rockies 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 Colorado Rockies and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle 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> in Game 2 of their NLDS. <?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 <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Aaron Cook in this game. Cook has a 11-6 record and a 4.16 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies will counter Cook with ace Cole Hamels. Lefthander Hamels has a 4.32 ERA to go along with a 10-11 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 160-moneyline favorites versus the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 8\u00bd. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies took Game 1 with a 5-1 victory over the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> on Wednesday as -150 favorites. That game&#8217;s six runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Raul Ibanez went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs to lead the Phillies. Cliff Lee tossed a complete game for the victory on the hill. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Troy Tulowitzki drove in the lone run for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>, who were +130 underdogs in that game. Ubaldo Jimenez allowed nine hits and five runs over five 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:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 92-70 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 93-69 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Colorado most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 1-9<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Colorado are 7-3<br \/>After playing Colorado are 8-2<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 \/>Colorado is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games on the road<br \/>Colorado is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Colorado is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Colorado<br \/>Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Colorado<br \/>Philadelphia is 17-7 SU in its last 24 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 10<\/font><\/div>\n<div><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>Check <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles&amp;PHPSESSID=8ffbad5124069cc530aa66b8c298b167\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>out timeless articles<\/font><\/a><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> on sports gaming strategy at <b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"COLOR: blue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a> <\/span><\/b><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/font><o:p><\/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 Colorado Rockies and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Citizens Bank Park in Game 2 of their NLDS. The Rockies will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Aaron Cook in this game. Cook has a 11-6 record and a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/mlb-betting-rockies-vs-phillies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MLB Betting: Rockies 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-5932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932","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=5932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}