{"id":6574,"date":"2009-05-01T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cardinals-nationals-odds-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-05-01T07:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T12:16:00","slug":"cardinals-nationals-odds-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cardinals-nationals-odds-preview-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Nationals Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday when they battle the Washington Nationals at Nationals<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals will trot Todd<\/st2:GivenName> Wellemeyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Wellemeyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 1-2 record and a 6.14 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Jordan<\/st2:GivenName> Zimmermann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Nationals in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Zimmermann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-0 with a 2.38 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Nationals listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals scored five runs in the top of the ninth inning and defeated the Nationals 9-4 in Thursday’s series opener, as -115 favorites. That game’s 13 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Albert<\/st2:GivenName> Pujols<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> cracked a two-run homer, and Rick<\/st2:GivenName> Ankiel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs for the Cardinals. Chris<\/st2:GivenName> Perez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed under an inning in relief, but was credited with the victory. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Zimmerman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a two-run dinger for the Nationals, who were +105 underdogs. Julian<\/st2:GivenName> Tavarez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered five runs off two hits in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 16-7 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 5-16 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Washington are 6-4
After playing Washington are 4-6
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Washington most recently:
When playing on Friday are 8-2
Before playing St. Louis are 4-6
After playing St. Louis are 3-7
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
St. Louis is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Washington
St. Louis is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games
Washington is 4-12 SU in its last 16 games at home
Washington is 5-20 SU in its last 25 games
Washington is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing St. Louis<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, May 2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday when they battle the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. The Cardinals will trot Todd Wellemeyer out to the mound in this one. Righthander Wellemeyer has a 1-2 record and a 6.14 ERA this season. It’ll be Jordan Zimmermann toeing the … Continue reading Cardinals-Nationals Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/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-6574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6574","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=6574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}