{"id":1892,"date":"2008-09-08T06:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/rays-red-sox-vegas-betting-odds\/"},"modified":"2008-09-08T06:28:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T11:28:00","slug":"rays-red-sox-vegas-betting-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/rays-red-sox-vegas-betting-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays-Red Sox Vegas Betting Odds"},"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 fans 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> will be treated to a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox when they take their seats on Monday. <?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 Rays will trot Edwin Jackson out to the mound in this one. Righthander Jackson has a 11-9 record and a 4.07 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Jackson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>&#8216;s opponent in this one will be Jon Lester. The Red Sox lefthander has a 3.37 ERA to go along with a 13-5 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 220-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, 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 Rays were shut out 1-0 by the Blue Jays on Sunday and lost all three games of that series. The Rays had been favored at -130, while the team&#8217;s played UNDER the day&#8217;s posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">B.J. Upton had three hits in four trips to the plate for the Rays. Matt Garza gave up the lone run and took the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Red Sox defeated <st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 7-2 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (11.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Paul Byrd pitched six 2-3 shutout innings for <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while David Ortiz delivered a two-run home run in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has lost 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 85-56 SU<br \/>Boston: 84-58 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tampa Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Boston are 6-4<br \/>After playing Toronto are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6<br \/>After playing Texas are 8-2<br \/>After a win 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 OVER in 8 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 9 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 24 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 9 games when playing Boston<br \/>Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay<br \/>Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston&#8217;s last 7 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>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Tuesday, September 9<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><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 fans at Fenway Park will be treated to a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox when they take their seats on Monday. The Rays will trot Edwin Jackson out to the mound in this one. Righthander Jackson has a 11-9 record and a 4.07 ERA this season. Jackson&#8216;s opponent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/rays-red-sox-vegas-betting-odds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rays-Red Sox Vegas Betting Odds<\/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-1892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892","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=1892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}