{"id":5933,"date":"2009-10-08T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/mlb-odds-cardinals-vs-dodgers\/"},"modified":"2009-10-08T07:09:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-08T12:09:00","slug":"mlb-odds-cardinals-vs-dodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/mlb-odds-cardinals-vs-dodgers\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Odds: Cardinals vs Dodgers"},"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 fans at Dodger Stadium will be treated to Game 2 of the NLDS between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers when they take their seats on Thursday. <?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\">Righthander Adam Wainwright will take the mound for the Cardinals to start this game. Wainwright is 19-8 this season with a 2.63 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Dodgers will counter Wainwright with Clayton Kershaw. Lefthander Kershaw has a 2.82 ERA to go along with a 8-8 record 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\">The Dodgers captured Game 1 of the series with a 5-3 victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday, as +115 underdogs. The eight runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (7). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rafael Furcal went 3-for-4 at the plate with one RBI for the Dodgers. Jeff Weaver picked up the win in relief, and Jonathan Broxton collected his first save of the postseason. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Mark DeRosa had three hits and drove in one run for the Cardinals, who were -135 favorites. Chris Carpenter gave up nine hits and four 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 \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 91-71 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 95-67 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 7-3<br \/>After playing LA Dodgers are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 3-7<br \/>After playing St. Louis are 6-4<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 \/>St. Louis is 11-5 SU in their last 16 games when playing LA Dodgers<br \/>St. Louis is 10-5 SU in their last 15 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers<br \/>St. Louis is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>St. Louis is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games at home<br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-10 SU in their last 15 games when playing at home against St. Louis<br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-11 SU in their last 16 games when playing St. Louis<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>Next up:<br \/>LA Dodgers at <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, October 10<\/font><\/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>All professional handicappers are proud to show off the amount of research that goes into a pick.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>If a handicapper gives you no rationale, rest assured you just paid for a coin flip.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Get accurate analysis for every pick at <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godstips.com\/\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>GodsTips.com<\/font><\/a><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> <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 fans at Dodger Stadium will be treated to Game 2 of the NLDS between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers when they take their seats on Thursday. Righthander Adam Wainwright will take the mound for the Cardinals to start this game. Wainwright is 19-8 this season with a 2.63 ERA. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/mlb-odds-cardinals-vs-dodgers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MLB Odds: Cardinals vs Dodgers<\/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-5933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5933","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=5933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}