{"id":1906,"date":"2008-09-10T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/rays-red-sox-poinspread-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-09-10T07:05:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-10T12:05:00","slug":"rays-red-sox-poinspread-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/rays-red-sox-poinspread-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays-Red Sox Poinspread 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 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 Wednesday. <?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 Andy Sonnanstine out to the mound in this one. Righthander Sonnanstine has a 13-7 record and a 4.66 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be ace Josh Beckett toeing the rubber for the Red Sox in this contest. Righthander Beckett is 12-9 with a 4.20 ERA so far 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 200-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\">Dioner Navarro&#8217;s RBI-double in the top of the ninth inning lifted the Rays over the Red Sox 5-4 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> upset <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> as +165 road underdogs as the teams pushed the 9-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dan Johnson went deep for the Rays, while Dan Wheeler picked up the win in relief of starter Scott Kazmir for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Jason<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Bay<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> smacked a two-run big fly for <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as Jonathan Papelbon took the loss after allowing the go-ahead run in the ninth. <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>: 86-57 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 85-59 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 Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing NY Yankees are 4-6<br \/>After playing Boston are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 4-6<br \/>After playing Tampa Bay are 6-4<br \/>After a loss 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 \/>Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Boston<br \/>Tampa Bay is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Tampa Bay is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Tampa Bay is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Boston<br \/>Boston is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay<br \/>Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Boston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>Boston is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay at NY Yankees, Friday, September 12<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, September 12<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 Wednesday. The Rays will trot Andy Sonnanstine out to the mound in this one. Righthander Sonnanstine has a 13-7 record and a 4.66 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/rays-red-sox-poinspread-pointers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rays-Red Sox Poinspread 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-1906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906","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=1906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}