{"id":1653,"date":"2008-08-19T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/yankees-blue-jays-who-will-cover\/"},"modified":"2008-08-19T06:48:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T11:48:00","slug":"yankees-blue-jays-who-will-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/yankees-blue-jays-who-will-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees-Blue Jays 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday when they battle the New York Yankees at Rogers Centre. <?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\">The Yankees will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Darrell Rasner in this game. Rasner has a 5-9 record and a 5.13 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be AJ Burnett toeing the rubber for the Blue Jays in this contest. Righthander Burnett is 15-8 with a 4.59 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 Blue Jays listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Yankees, 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 Yankees defeated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 15-6 as a -270 favorite on Sunday. The 21 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Alex Rodriguez was 3-3 with a home run and five RBI for <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, and Jason Giambi hit a grand slam home run in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Blue Jays defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 15-4 as a +200 underdog on Sunday. The 19 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Adam Lind homered and had four RBI for <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while John McDonald was 3-5 with three RBI in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 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>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 66-58 SU<br \/>Toronto: 64-60 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 5-5<br \/>After playing Kansas City are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing NY Yankees are 4-6<br \/>After playing Boston are 8-2<br \/>After a win 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 \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Yankees&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Yankees&#8217;s last 10 games when playing Toronto<br \/>NY Yankees are 3-6 SU in their last 9 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Toronto&#8217;s last 11 games at home<br \/>Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against NY Yankees<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Toronto&#8217;s last 10 games when playing NY Yankees<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to NY Yankees, 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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday when they battle the New York Yankees at Rogers Centre. The Yankees will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Darrell Rasner in this game. Rasner has a 5-9 record and a 5.13 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be AJ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/yankees-blue-jays-who-will-cover\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yankees-Blue Jays 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-1653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653","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=1653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}