{"id":1601,"date":"2008-08-14T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-14T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/rangers-red-sox-who-will-cover\/"},"modified":"2008-08-14T07:25:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-14T12:25:00","slug":"rangers-red-sox-who-will-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/rangers-red-sox-who-will-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers-Red Sox Who Will Cover?"},"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 fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Fenway<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox when they take their seats on Thursday. <?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\">Righthander Vicente Padilla will take the mound for the Rangers to start this game. Padilla is 12-6 this season with a 4.85 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Red Sox will counter Padilla with Daisuke Matsuzaka. Righthander Matsuzaka has a 2.90 ERA to go along with a 13-2 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 280-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, 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 Red Sox doubled the Rangers 8-4 on Wednesday, as -240 favorites. The combined 12 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (10.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kevin Youkilis went 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs for the Red Sox. Jon Lester improved to 11-4 with the win, giving up three runs off seven hits in 7 1-3 innings of work. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Milton Bradley cracked a three-run homer in a losing effort for the Rangers. Luis Mendoza allowed eight runs off nine hits in just four innings on the mound. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/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 \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 61-60 SU<br \/>Boston: 70-51 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Texas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6<br \/>After playing Boston are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 4-6<br \/>After playing Texas are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Texas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Texas is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Texas is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston<br \/>Texas is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Boston<br \/>Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Texas<br \/>Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas<br \/>Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Friday, August 15<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, August 15<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&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 fans at Fenway Park will be treated to a game between the Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox when they take their seats on Thursday. Righthander Vicente Padilla will take the mound for the Rangers to start this game. Padilla is 12-6 this season with a 4.85 ERA. The Red Sox will counter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/rangers-red-sox-who-will-cover\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rangers-Red Sox Who Will Cover?<\/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-1601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601","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=1601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}