{"id":1611,"date":"2008-08-16T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-16T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/angels-indians-who-will-cover\/"},"modified":"2008-08-16T07:39:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-16T12:39:00","slug":"angels-indians-who-will-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/angels-indians-who-will-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels-Indians 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 Los Angeles Angels and the Cleveland Indians will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Progressive Field. <?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\">Ace John Lackey will be the starting pitcher for the Angels on this day. Righthander Lackey is 9-2 this season with a 3.15 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be ace Fausto Carmona toeing the rubber for the Indians in this contest. Righthander Carmona is 5-4 with a 4.91 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Angels listed as 153-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, 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 Indians scored twice in the sixth inning to earn a 3-2 win over the Angels on Friday, as -135 favorites. The five runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jhonny Peralta went 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI for the Indians. Cliff Lee improved to 17-2 with the win, allowing two runs in the complete-game outing. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Juan Rivera finished 2-for-3 at the plate with a solo home run for the Angels, who were +125 underdogs. Jose Arredondo gave up the winning run and suffered the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 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:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 75-45 SU<br \/>Cleveland: 55-66 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Cleveland are 5-5<br \/>After playing Cleveland are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing LA Angels are 5-5<br \/>After playing LA Angels are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 12 of LA Angels&#8217;s last 16 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of LA Angels&#8217;s last 11 games <br \/>LA Angels are 18-7 SU in their last 25 games <br \/>LA Angels are 9-4 SU in their last 13 games on the road<br \/>Cleveland is 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against LA Angels<br \/>Cleveland is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 16 games when playing LA Angels<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 8 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>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to LA Angels, Sunday, August 17<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 Los Angeles Angels and the Cleveland Indians will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Progressive Field. Ace John Lackey will be the starting pitcher for the Angels on this day. Righthander Lackey is 9-2 this season with a 3.15 ERA. It&#8217;ll be ace Fausto Carmona toeing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/angels-indians-who-will-cover\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Angels-Indians 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-1611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611","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=1611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}