{"id":4318,"date":"2009-05-02T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/orioles-blue-jays-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-02T07:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T12:55:00","slug":"orioles-blue-jays-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/orioles-blue-jays-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles-Blue Jays 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 Baltimore Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays will meet on the field at Rogers Centre on Saturday in a battle of division rivals. <?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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Brad<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Bergesen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Orioles on this day. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Bergesen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 1-0 this season with a 5.58 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Bergesen&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>David<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Purcey<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The Blue Jays lefthander has a 7.01 ERA to go along with a 0-2 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Orioles, 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 Blue Jays scored four runs in the fourth inning and went on to defeat the Orioles 8-4 on Friday, as -240 favorites. That game&#8217;s 12 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rod Brajas had three hits and drove in two runs for the Blue Jays. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Roy<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Halladay<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> improved to 5-1 with the win, allowing 10 hits and four runs. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Nick<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Markakis<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> hit a two-run homer for the Orioles, who were +210 underdogs. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Mark<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Hendrickson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up nine hits and four runs in suffering the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has lost 4 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 9-14 SU<br \/>Toronto: 16-9 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Baltimore most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 4-6<br \/>After playing Toronto are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Baltimore are 5-5<br \/>After playing Baltimore are 8-2<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 \/>Baltimore is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Toronto<br \/>Baltimore is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Baltimore is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Toronto<br \/>Baltimore is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Toronto is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Baltimore<br \/>Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Baltimore<br \/>Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Toronto<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Sunday, May 3<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 Baltimore Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays will meet on the field at Rogers Centre on Saturday in a battle of division rivals. Brad Bergesen will be the starting pitcher for the Orioles on this day. Righthander Bergesen is 1-0 this season with a 5.58 ERA. Bergesen&#8217;s opponent in this one will be David &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/orioles-blue-jays-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orioles-Blue Jays 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-4318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4318","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=4318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}