{"id":1820,"date":"2008-09-03T06:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/orioles-red-sox-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-03T06:52:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T11:52:00","slug":"orioles-red-sox-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/orioles-red-sox-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles-Red Sox 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 Baltimore Orioles will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Wednesday when they take on the Boston Red Sox 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>. <?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 trot Lance Cormier out to the mound in this one. Righthander Cormier has a 0-0 record and a 0.00 ERA as a starter this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Cormier&#8217;s opponent in this one will be Daisuke Matsuzaka. The Red Sox righthander has a 2.82 ERA to go along with a 16-2 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dustin Pedroia went 3-for-5 with a three-run jack and five runs batted in to lead the Red Sox over the Orioles 14-2 on Tuesday 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 -290 home favorites as the game played over the 11-run total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">David Ortiz was 3-for-3 with four RBIs for the Red Sox, while winning pitcher Jon Lester allowed one run over five 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\">Kevin Millar and Alex Cintron knocked in runs for <st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as Radhames Liz was roughed up for nine runs over 3 1-3 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 5 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/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>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 63-75 SU<br \/>Boston: 81-57 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 Wednesday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Oakland are 2-8<br \/>After playing Boston are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 2-8<\/p>\n<p>Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Texas are 8-2<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 \/>Baltimore is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Boston<br \/>Baltimore is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Boston<br \/>Baltimore is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Baltimore is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Baltimore<br \/>Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Baltimore<br \/>Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <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 <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, September 5<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, September 5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><i><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/i><\/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 will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Wednesday when they take on the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. The Orioles will trot Lance Cormier out to the mound in this one. Righthander Cormier has a 0-0 record and a 0.00 ERA as a starter this season. Cormier&#8217;s opponent in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/orioles-red-sox-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orioles-Red Sox 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-1820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820","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=1820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}