{"id":2001,"date":"2008-09-16T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/red-sox-rays-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-16T07:14:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-16T12:14:00","slug":"red-sox-rays-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/red-sox-rays-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Rays Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday when they battle the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Josh Beckett in this game. Beckett has a 12-9 record and a 4.10 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Beckett’s opponent in this one will be Andy Sonnanstine. The Rays righthander has a 4.47 ERA to go along with a 13-7 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Rays, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David Ortiz went 2-for-4 with a three-run shot and four runs batted in, as the Red Sox cruised past the Rays 13-5 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -115 road favorites as the game played over the 8.5-run total listed by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kevin Youkilis was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and three RBIs for the Red Sox, while Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed one run over five innings to get the win for Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dan Johnson and Justin Ruggiano had two-run dingers for Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, as Scott Kazmir was rocked for nine runs over three innings to take the loss for the Rays. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 89-61 SU
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 88-60 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing Tampa Bay are 5-5
After playing Tampa Bay are 5-5
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing Boston are 5-5
After playing Boston are 8-2
After a loss are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Boston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Boston’s last 11 games on the road
Boston is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games at home
Tampa Bay is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Tampa Bay’s last 16 games
Tampa Bay is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, September 17<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday when they battle the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Josh Beckett in this game. Beckett has a 12-9 record and a 4.10 ERA this season. Beckett’s … Continue reading Red Sox-Rays Preview<\/span> →<\/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-2001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001","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=2001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}