{"id":4255,"date":"2009-04-18T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/white-sox-rays-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-04-18T08:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:35:00","slug":"white-sox-rays-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/white-sox-rays-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox-Rays Odds 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 fans at Tropicana Field will be treated to a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays when they take their seats on Saturday. <?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\">Ace lefthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Mark<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Buehrle<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the White Sox to start this game. Buehrle is 1-0 this season with a 2.38 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Buehrle&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Scott<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kazmir<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The <st2:GivenName>Rays<\/st2:GivenName> ace lefthander has a 2.84 ERA to go along with a 2-0 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the White Sox, 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 <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> evened their four-game set on Friday, as they snuck past the White Sox 6-5. The <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> won the game as -200 favorites, and the 11 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ben<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Zobrist<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a pinch-hit grand slam home run to propel the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn>. James Shields pitched 7 1-3 innings for the win, allowing five runs off seven hits. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jermaine Dye smacked a two-run homer for the White Sox, who were +180 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Thornton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run in relief to take the loss on the hill. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 5-5 SU<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 5-6 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6<br \/>After playing Tampa Bay are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Chi White Sox are 6-4<br \/>After playing Chi White Sox are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Chi White Sox are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games <br \/>Chi White Sox are 3-9 SU in their last 12 games when playing Tampa Bay<br \/>Chi White Sox are 2-7 SU in their last 9 games on the road<br \/>Chi White Sox are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay<br \/>Tampa Bay is 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox<br \/>Tampa Bay is 9-3 SU in their last 12 games when playing Chi White Sox<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to Chi White Sox, Sunday, April 19<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 Tropicana Field will be treated to a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays when they take their seats on Saturday. Ace lefthander Mark Buehrle will take the mound for the White Sox to start this game. Buehrle is 1-0 this season with a 2.38 ERA. Buehrle&#8217;s opponent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/white-sox-rays-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">White Sox-Rays Odds 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-4255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4255","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=4255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}