{"id":1678,"date":"2008-08-22T06:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/yankees-orioles-who-will-cover\/"},"modified":"2008-08-22T06:52:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T11:52:00","slug":"yankees-orioles-who-will-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/yankees-orioles-who-will-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees-Orioles 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\">If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Friday when the New York Yankees 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\">The Yankees will trot Mike Mussina out to the mound in this one. Righthander Mussina has a 16-7 record and a 3.35 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Mussina&#8217;s opponent in this one will be Radhames Liz. The Orioles righthander has a 7.47 ERA to go along with a 4-3 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 Yankees listed as 180-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\">The Yankees were crushed 14-3 by the Blue Jays last time out, as +170 underdogs. The 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Hideki Matsui hit a three-run homer in a losing effort for the Yankees. Sidney Ponson gave up seven runs over two innings in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Orioles scored 10 runs in the first four innings in an 11-6 win over the Red Sox to avoid a three-game sweep on Wednesday. The Orioles won that game as +115 underdogs, and the 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (11). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Melvin Mora belted a three-run homer and finished with four RBIs for the Orioles. Chris Waters gave up five runs over five innings in earning his second straight win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 67-60 SU<br \/>Baltimore: 61-65 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 Friday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Baltimore are 2-8<br \/>After playing Toronto are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing NY Yankees are 7-3<br \/>After playing Boston are 4-6<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 5 of NY Yankees&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Baltimore<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Yankees&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Baltimore<br \/>NY Yankees are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Baltimore<br \/>NY Yankees are 4-8 SU in their last 12 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against NY Yankees<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 5 games when playing NY Yankees<br \/>Baltimore is 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against NY Yankees<br \/>Baltimore is 4-2 SU in their last 6 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>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to NY Yankees, Saturday, August 23<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>If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Friday when the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles meet at Camden Yards. The Yankees will trot Mike Mussina out to the mound in this one. Righthander Mussina has a 16-7 record and a 3.35 ERA this season. Mussina&#8217;s opponent in this one will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/yankees-orioles-who-will-cover\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yankees-Orioles 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-1678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678","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=1678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}