{"id":6027,"date":"2009-10-15T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/tbs-baseball-odds-phillies-vs-dodgers\/"},"modified":"2009-10-15T07:29:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-15T12:29:00","slug":"tbs-baseball-odds-phillies-vs-dodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/tbs-baseball-odds-phillies-vs-dodgers\/","title":{"rendered":"TBS Baseball Odds: Phillies 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 Los Angeles Dodgers will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium. <?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 Phillies will trot ace Cole Hamels out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Hamels has a 10-12 record and a 4.39 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Dodgers will counter Hamels 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\">Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Phillies, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 7\u00bd. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jayson Werth&#8217;s run-scoring single in the top of the ninth inning lifted the Phillies to the NLCS with a 5-4 victory over the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> on Monday night. <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 a -105 road pick &#8217;em, while the teams played OVER the 8.5-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Dodgers advanced to the NL championship series with a 5-1 win over the Cardinals and a sweep of their first-round playoff series last time out. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Dodgers won the game as +150 underdogs, while the 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\">Andre Ethier belted a two-run homer with two runs scored, and Manny Ramirez also drove in a pair of runs. Vicente Padilla tossed seven scoreless innings for the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 93-69 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\">Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 5-5<br \/>After playing Colorado are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After playing St. Louis are 7-3<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 \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers<br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games <br \/>LA Dodgers are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Dodgers home to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, October 16<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/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><\/font><\/font><o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/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 Los Angeles Dodgers will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium. The Phillies will trot ace Cole Hamels out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Hamels has a 10-12 record and a 4.39 ERA this season. The Dodgers will counter Hamels &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/tbs-baseball-odds-phillies-vs-dodgers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TBS Baseball Odds: Phillies 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-6027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6027","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=6027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}