{"id":4473,"date":"2009-05-24T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-24T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/rockies-tigers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-24T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-24T13:58:00","slug":"rockies-tigers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/rockies-tigers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies-Tigers Lines 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 Colorado Rockies and the Detroit Tigers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Comerica<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in an interleague contest. <?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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hammel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hammel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-3 this season with a 5.11 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Hammel&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Dontrelle<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Willis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Tigers lefthander has a 3.27 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>, 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 <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> knotted up their three-game interleague series with a 4-3 win over the Tigers on Saturday, as +130 underdogs. That game&#8217;s seven runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (10.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Todd<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Helton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in two runs for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Marquis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scattered six hits and three runs over 7 2-3 innings on the mound. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Gerald<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Laird<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-3 at the plate with one RBI for the Tigers, who had been favored at -150. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Armando<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Galarraga<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up six hits and four runs over 5 1-3 innings in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 17-25 SU<br \/>Detroit: 24-17 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Colorado most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 2-8<br \/>After playing Detroit are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 1-9<\/p>\n<p>Detroit most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Kansas City are 3-7<br \/>After playing Colorado are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Colorado is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Detroit<br \/>Colorado is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit<br \/>Detroit is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home<br \/>Detroit is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado<br \/>Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Colorado<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to LA Dodgers, Monday, May 25<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, May 25<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 Colorado Rockies and the Detroit Tigers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Comerica Park in an interleague contest. Jason Hammel will be the starting pitcher for the Rockies on this day. Righthander Hammel is 0-3 this season with a 5.11 ERA. Hammel&#8217;s opponent in this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/rockies-tigers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockies-Tigers Lines 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-4473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473","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=4473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}