{"id":1807,"date":"2008-09-02T05:57:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T10:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/angels-tigers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-02T05:57:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-02T10:57:00","slug":"angels-tigers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/angels-tigers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels-Tigers Preview"},"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 Los Angeles Angels and the Detroit Tigers will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Comerica<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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\">Joe Saunders will be the starting pitcher for the Angels on this day. Lefthander Saunders is 14-7 this season with a 3.67 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Tigers will be Chris Lambert. The righthander has a 6.74 ERA to go along with a 0-1 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 Angels listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, 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 Angels were defeated 4-3 by the Rangers last time out, as -200 favorites. The seven runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Juan Rivera belted a two-run homer for the Angels. John Lackey gave up four runs off nine hits in five innings on the hill. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Magglio Ordonez went 3-for-4 with three RBIs for the Tigers in their 13-9 loss to the Yankees on Monday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> cashed as +140 road underdogs as the game played over the 10-run total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 83-53 SU<br \/>Detroit: 66-71 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Detroit are 7-3<br \/>After playing Texas are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Detroit most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing LA Angels are 3-7<br \/>After playing NY Yankees are 5-5<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 \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Detroit<br \/>LA Angels are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games when playing Detroit<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>LA Angels are 17-8 SU in their last 25 games when playing on the road against Detroit<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit&#8217;s last 6 games when playing LA Angels<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>Detroit is 8-17 SU in their last 25 games when playing at home against LA Angels<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to LA Angels, Wednesday, September 3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&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 Los Angeles Angels and the Detroit Tigers will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Comerica Park. Joe Saunders will be the starting pitcher for the Angels on this day. Lefthander Saunders is 14-7 this season with a 3.67 ERA. Starting this game for the Tigers will be Chris &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/angels-tigers-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Angels-Tigers Preview<\/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-1807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1807","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=1807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}