{"id":1808,"date":"2008-09-02T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T10:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/orioles-red-sox-pointspread-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-09-02T05:58:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-02T10:58:00","slug":"orioles-red-sox-pointspread-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/orioles-red-sox-pointspread-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles-Red Sox Pointspread 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\">The Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox will meet on the field at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Fenway<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> on Tuesday in a battle of division rivals. <?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 Orioles will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Radhames Liz in this game. Liz has a 5-3 record and a 6.95 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Liz&#8217;s opponent in this one will be Jon Lester. The Red Sox lefthander has a 3.41 ERA to go along with a 12-5 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 280-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\">Dustin Pedroia and Jed Lowrie drove in two runs apiece to lead the Red Sox over the Orioles 7-4 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> cashed as -215 home favorites as the game pushed the 11-run total set by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jason Varitek and Jeff Bailey hit solo shots for the Red Sox, while winning pitcher Paul Byrd gave up four runs over seven innings 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\">Juan Castro was 2-for-3 with a homer for <st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as Garrett Olson was roughed up for six runs over 5 2-3 innings to take the loss for the Orioles. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 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>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 63-74 SU<br \/>Boston: 80-57 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">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 2-8<\/p>\n<p>Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Baltimore are 6-4<br \/>After playing Baltimore are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 5-5<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 OVER in 4 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Baltimore is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Boston<br \/>Baltimore is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Baltimore<br \/>Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Baltimore<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Boston is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, 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 Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox will meet on the field at Fenway Park on Tuesday in a battle of division rivals. The Orioles will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Radhames Liz in this game. Liz has a 5-3 record and a 6.95 ERA this season. Liz&#8217;s opponent in this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/orioles-red-sox-pointspread-pointers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orioles-Red Sox Pointspread 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-1808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808","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=1808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}