{"id":6510,"date":"2009-05-13T05:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nationals-giants-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-13T05:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-13T10:45:00","slug":"nationals-giants-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nationals-giants-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationals-Giants Odds Preview"},"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 San Francisco Giants will be trying to extend a winning streak on Wednesday when they take on the Washington Nationals at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>AT&amp;T<\/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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Shairon<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Martis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Nationals to start this game. <st2:Sn>Martis<\/st2:Sn> is 4-0 this season with a 4.67 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Giants will counter <st2:Sn>Martis<\/st2:Sn> with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Barry<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Zito<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Zito<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 3.57 ERA to go along with a 1-2 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Giants listed as 147-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, 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\"><st2:GivenName>Pablo<\/st2:GivenName> Sandoval&#8217;s walk-off, three-run homer lifted the Giants past the Nationals 9-7 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -140 home favorites as the game played OVER the 8-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Randy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Winn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in for the Giants, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brandon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Medders<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> got the win in relief of starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cain<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Nick<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-for-4 with a three-run dinger and five RBIs for <st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Joe<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Beimel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss after allowing the walk-off to <st2:Sn>Sandoval<\/st2:Sn>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> has lost 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn>: 10-21 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 18-14 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 2-8<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 3-7<br \/>After playing Washington are 6-4<br \/>After a win 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 \/>Washington is 5-20 SU in its last 25 games on the road<br \/>Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against San Francisco<br \/>Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Francisco<br \/>San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington<br \/>San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington<br \/>San Francisco is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>San Francisco is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, May 15<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to NY Mets, Thursday, May 14<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&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 San Francisco Giants will be trying to extend a winning streak on Wednesday when they take on the Washington Nationals at AT&amp;T Park. Righthander Shairon Martis will take the mound for the Nationals to start this game. Martis is 4-0 this season with a 4.67 ERA. The Giants will counter Martis with Barry Zito. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nationals-giants-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nationals-Giants Odds Preview<\/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-6510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6510","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=6510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}