{"id":1817,"date":"2008-09-03T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/white-sox-indians-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-03T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T11:30:00","slug":"white-sox-indians-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/white-sox-indians-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox-Indians 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\">If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Wednesday when the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians meet at Progressive 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\">Javier Vazquez will be the starting pitcher for the White Sox on this day. Righthander Vazquez is 10-12 this season with a 4.38 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be Jeremy Sowers who starts for the Indians. Lefthander Sowers is 2-7 with a 6.41 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 White Sox listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, 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\">Victor Martinez smashed a two-run homer, as the Indians rolled past the White Sox 9-3 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>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as +110 home underdogs as the teams played over the 9.5-run total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Asdrubal Cabrera went 3-for-4 with two runs batted in for the Indians, while Fausto Carmona allowed three runs over 5 2-3 innings to get the win for <st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Nick Swisher and Juan Uribe drove in runs for <st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as losing pitcher John Danks was rocked for four runs over four innings for the White Sox. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/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:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 77-61 SU<br \/>Cleveland: 67-70 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing LA Angels are 4-6<br \/>After playing <st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing <st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 7-3<br \/>After playing Chi White Sox are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 9-1<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Chi White Sox are 9-3 SU in their last 12 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>Chi White Sox are 8-15 SU in their last 23 games when playing on the road against Cleveland<br \/>Chi White Sox are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games on the road<br \/>Chi White Sox are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games <br \/>Cleveland is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games <br \/>Cleveland is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games at home<br \/>Cleveland is 15-8 SU in their last 23 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox<br \/>Cleveland is 3-9 SU in their last 12 games when playing Chi White Sox<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>Chi White Sox home to LA Angels, Friday, September 5<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, September 5<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>If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Wednesday when the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians meet at Progressive Field. Javier Vazquez will be the starting pitcher for the White Sox on this day. Righthander Vazquez is 10-12 this season with a 4.38 ERA. Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be Jeremy Sowers who starts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/white-sox-indians-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">White Sox-Indians 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-1817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817","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=1817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}