{"id":6530,"date":"2009-05-14T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/marlins-brewers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-14T07:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T12:02:00","slug":"marlins-brewers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/marlins-brewers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins-Brewers Lines 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 Florida Marlins and the Milwaukee Brewers will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Miller<\/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 Marlins will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Josh<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn> has a 3-0 record and a 2.34 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bush<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Brewers in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bush<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-0 with a 3.69 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Brewers listed as 118-moneyline favorites versus the Marlins, 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\">The Brewers scored five times in the fourth inning as they got past the Marlins 8-6 on Wednesday, as -120 favorites. That game&#8217;s 14 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rickie Weeks went 3-for-5 at the plate, including a solo home run and one RBI. Braden Looper tossed the win over six innings of work, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Trevor<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hoffman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected his seventh save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Coghlan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run homer and drove in two runs for the Marlins, who were +100 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ricky<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nolasco<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed eight runs off seven hits over 3 2-3 innings in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 17-17 SU<br \/>Milwaukee: 20-14 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Florida most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 8-2<br \/>After playing Milwaukee are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 8-2<br \/>After playing Florida are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Florida is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Milwaukee<br \/>Florida is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee<br \/>Florida is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>Florida is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>Milwaukee is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Milwaukee is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Florida<br \/>Milwaukee is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Florida<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to LA Dodgers, Friday, May 15<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, May 15<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 Florida Marlins and the Milwaukee Brewers will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Miller Park. The Marlins will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Josh Johnson in this game. Johnson has a 3-0 record and a 2.34 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be David Bush toeing the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/marlins-brewers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marlins-Brewers Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6530","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=6530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}