{"id":1589,"date":"2008-08-13T06:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/rangers-red-sox-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-08-13T06:28:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T11:28:00","slug":"rangers-red-sox-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/rangers-red-sox-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers-Red Sox Pointers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Boston Red Sox will be trying to extend a winning streak on Wednesday when they take on the Texas Rangers at Fenway<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Luis Mendoza will be the starting pitcher for the Rangers on this day. Righthander Mendoza is 2-5 this season with a 8.78 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Red Sox will be Jon Lester. The lefthander has a 3.23 ERA to go along with a 10-4 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 240-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox took a 10-run first inning lead, trailed late, and stormed back to beat the Rangers 19-17 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox were winners as -146 home favorites in that contest, while the combined score went way OVER the day’s posted total (11). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David Ortiz homered twice in the first inning for Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Tuesday, and Kevin Youkilis drove in five runs in the victory. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ian Kinsler powered the Rangers’ attack with a home run and four RBI. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 61-59 SU
Boston: 69-51 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Texas most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Boston are 4-6
After playing Boston are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

Boston most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Texas are 7-3
After playing Texas are 8-2
After a win are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas’s last 5 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Texas’s last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas’s last 6 games
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Texas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games when playing Texas
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Thursday, August 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Boston Red Sox will be trying to extend a winning streak on Wednesday when they take on the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park. Luis Mendoza will be the starting pitcher for the Rangers on this day. Righthander Mendoza is 2-5 this season with a 8.78 ERA. Starting this game for the Red Sox will … Continue reading Rangers-Red Sox Pointers<\/span> →<\/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-1589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589","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=1589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}