{"id":1650,"date":"2008-08-19T05:39:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/red-sox-orioles-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-08-19T05:39:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T10:39:00","slug":"red-sox-orioles-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/red-sox-orioles-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Orioles Pointers"},"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\">Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Tuesday when the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles meet at Camden Yards. <?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 Daisuke Matsuzaka will take the mound for the Red Sox to start this game. Matsuzaka is 14-2 this season with a 2.74 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Orioles will counter Matsuzaka with Daniel Cabrera. Righthander Cabrera has a 4.86 ERA to go along with a 8-7 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 175-moneyline favorites versus the Orioles, 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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Jason<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Bay<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> was 3-for-5 with two homers and four runs batted in to lead the Red Sox past the Orioles 6-3 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -125 road favorites as the the game played over the 8.5-run total posted by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jon Lester gave up one run over seven innings to earn the win for the Red Sox, while David Ortiz was 2-for-5 with an RBI for <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Aubrey Huff went 2-for-4 with a dinger and three RBIs for <st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as losing pitcher Jeremy Guthrie allowed two runs over seven innings for the Orioles. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 72-53 SU<br \/>Baltimore: 60-64 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Baltimore are 7-3<br \/>After playing Baltimore are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Boston are 3-7<br \/>After playing Boston are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Baltimore<br \/>Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Baltimore<br \/>Boston is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games on the road<br \/>Boston is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 9 games <br \/>Baltimore is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Baltimore is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games at home<br \/>Baltimore is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, August 20<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>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Tuesday when the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles meet at Camden Yards. Righthander Daisuke Matsuzaka will take the mound for the Red Sox to start this game. Matsuzaka is 14-2 this season with a 2.74 ERA. The Orioles will counter Matsuzaka with Daniel Cabrera. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/red-sox-orioles-pointers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Red Sox-Orioles Pointers<\/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-1650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650","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=1650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}