{"id":6573,"date":"2009-05-01T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mets-phillies-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-01T07:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T12:14:00","slug":"mets-phillies-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mets-phillies-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-Phillies 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\">Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Friday when the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies meet 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>. <?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>Michael<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pelfrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Mets on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pelfrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-0 this season with a 6.32 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Phillies will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Ho<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Park<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 7.63 ERA to go along with a 0-0 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 117-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, 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 Mets lost the rubber match 4-3 to the Marlins last time out, as -185 favorites at home. That game&#8217;s seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (7.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Fernando<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Tatis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate with one RBI for the Mets. J.J. Putz gave up the winning run in taking the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies lost 4-1 to the lowly Nationals last time out, as -185 favorites at home. That game&#8217;s five runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (10.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Shane<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Victorino<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered for the Phillies, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brett<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Myers<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was tagged for eight hits and three runs over six innings of work. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 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>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 9-12 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 11-9 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 6-4<br \/>After playing Florida are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 5-5<br \/>After playing Washington are 6-4<br \/>After a loss 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 \/>NY Mets are 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 9 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against NY Mets<br \/>Philadelphia is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to NY Mets, Saturday, May 2<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>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Friday when the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies meet at Citizens Bank Park. Michael Pelfrey will be the starting pitcher for the Mets on this day. Righthander Pelfrey is 2-0 this season with a 6.32 ERA. Starting this game for the Phillies will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mets-phillies-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mets-Phillies Odds 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-6573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6573","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=6573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}