{"id":1659,"date":"2008-08-20T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mariners-white-sox-who-will-cover\/"},"modified":"2008-08-20T06:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T11:06:00","slug":"mariners-white-sox-who-will-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mariners-white-sox-who-will-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners-White 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 Seattle Mariners and the Chicago White Sox will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at U.S. Cellular 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\">Righthander R.A. Dickey will take the mound for the Mariners to start this game. Dickey is 2-7 this season with a 6.03 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the White Sox will be Gavin Floyd. The righthander has a 3.75 ERA to go along with a 12-6 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 White Sox listed as 240-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, 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\">Clayton Richard threw six scoreless innings to earn the win, as the White Sox blanked the Mariners 5-0 on Tuesday night. <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:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -105 home underdogs as the teams played under the 9-run total posted by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jim Thome and Nick Swisher were both 2-for-3 with a homer for the White Sox, while Alexei Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a run batted in for <st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Felix Hernandez was tagged for five runs over five innings to take the loss for <st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as Adrian Beltre was 2-for-3 for the Mariners. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 5 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 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>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 46-79 SU<br \/>Chicago: 72-53 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Seattle most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Oakland are 5-5<br \/>After playing Chi White Sox are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Tampa Bay are 5-5<br \/>After playing Seattle are 3-7<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 \/>Seattle is 6-17 SU in their last 23 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox<br \/>Seattle is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox<br \/>Seattle is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Seattle is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Chi White Sox are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games at home<br \/>Chi White Sox are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games <br \/>Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Seattle<br \/>Chi White Sox are 17-6 SU in their last 23 games when playing at home against Seattle<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, August 21<br \/>Chi White Sox home to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Friday, August 22<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 Seattle Mariners and the Chicago White Sox will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at U.S. Cellular Field. Righthander R.A. Dickey will take the mound for the Mariners to start this game. Dickey is 2-7 this season with a 6.03 ERA. Starting this game for the White Sox will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/mariners-white-sox-who-will-cover\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mariners-White 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-1659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659","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=1659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}