{"id":4383,"date":"2009-05-08T07:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/tigers-indians-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-08T07:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T12:19:00","slug":"tigers-indians-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/tigers-indians-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers-Indians Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians will meet on the field at Progressive Field on Friday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers will trot ace Justin<\/st2:GivenName> Verlander<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Verlander<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 2-2 record and a 5.66 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Verlander’s opponent in this one will be Cliff<\/st2:GivenName> Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Indians ace lefthander has a 3.92 ERA to go along with a 1-4 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Indians listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers were shut down 9-0 by the White Sox last time out, as a -110 pick’em. That game’s six runs went UNDER the night’s posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Armando<\/st2:GivenName> Galarraga<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed six runs off six hits over six innings in a losing effort. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Indians were defeated 13-3 by the Red Sox last time out, as +140 underdogs. That game’s 16 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (10.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Garko<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in one run in a losing effort for the Indians. Jeremy Sowers was tagged for seven runs in just five innings on the mound. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 14-13 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 11-18 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Cleveland are 3-7
After playing Chi White Sox are 3-7
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Detroit’s last 8 games when playing Cleveland
Detroit is 7-16 SU in its last 23 games on the road
Detroit is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland’s last 6 games when playing at home against Detroit
Cleveland is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing Detroit
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cleveland’s last 8 games when playing Detroit<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, May 9<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians will meet on the field at Progressive Field on Friday in a battle of division rivals. The Tigers will trot ace Justin Verlander out to the mound in this one. Righthander Verlander has a 2-2 record and a 5.66 ERA this season. Verlander’s opponent in this one will … Continue reading Tigers-Indians Odds 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-4383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4383","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=4383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}