{"id":2173,"date":"2008-10-01T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/red-sox-angels-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-01T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T15:41:00","slug":"red-sox-angels-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/red-sox-angels-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Angels Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Angels will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Angel Stadium in Game 1 of their ALDS. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jon Lester in this game. Lester has a 16-6 record and a 3.21 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lester’s opponent in this one will be John Lackey. The Angels ace righthander has a 3.75 ERA to go along with a 12-5 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Angels listed as 132-moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox, while the game’s total is sitting at 8\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox finished off the regular season with a 4-3 win over the Yankees in Game 2 of a doubleheader on Sunday. Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> was a -120 favorite in the game and the seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (10.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jonathan Van Every singled in the winning run in the tenth inning for Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Sean Casey drove in a pair of runs in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Joe Saunders pitched six shutout innings Sunday to lead the Angels past Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 7-0 in Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>‘ regular season finale. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Angels were a -130 favorite and the seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike Napoli was 3-3 with a home run and four RBI for the Angels, while Gary Matthew Jr. was 3-4 with three runs scored. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 95-67 SU
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 100-62 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4
Before playing LA Angels are 5-5
After playing NY Yankees are 5-5
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 7-3
Before playing Boston are 6-4
After playing Texas are 7-3
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Boston’s last 13 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
Boston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 6 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels’s last 6 games
LA Angels are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games at home
LA Angels are 8-3 SU in their last 11 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
LA Angels home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, October 3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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