{"id":1614,"date":"2008-08-16T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-16T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/blue-jays-red-sox-who-will-cover\/"},"modified":"2008-08-16T07:53:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-16T12:53:00","slug":"blue-jays-red-sox-who-will-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/blue-jays-red-sox-who-will-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays-Red Sox Who Will Cover?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox will meet on the field at Fenway<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> on Saturday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Blue Jays will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Roy Halladay in this game. Halladay has a 13-9 record and a 2.75 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox will counter Halladay with Paul Byrd. Righthander Byrd has a 4.53 ERA to go along with a 7-10 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Blue Jays failed to complete a four-game sweep after dropping the finale 5-1 to the Tigers last time out, as +180 underdogs. The six runs went UNDER the day’s posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lyle<\/st1:PlaceName> Overbay<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> went deep for the Blue Jays. Jason Frasor gave up five runs in relief and was tagged with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox made it look easy with a 10-0 win and a sweep of the three-game series over the Rangers on Thursday, as -280 favorites. The 10 runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (10.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David Ortiz belted a three-run homer in a nine-run second inning for the Red Sox. Daisuke Matsuzaka tossed seven scoreless innings to pick up his 14th<\/sup> win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 62-60 SU
Boston: 71-51 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
A few trends to consider:
Toronto is 8-2-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing Boston
Toronto is 2-4-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston is 6-0-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
Boston is 4-0-1 SU in its last 5 games
Boston is 2-8-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing Toronto<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, August 17<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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