{"id":4561,"date":"2009-06-13T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-13T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cardinals-indians-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-13T06:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-13T11:33:00","slug":"cardinals-indians-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cardinals-indians-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Indians 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 Progressive Field will be treated to a interleague game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cleveland Indians 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\">The Cardinals will give the ball to starter <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Brad<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Thompson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Thompson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-1 this season with a 4.82 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Toma<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ohka<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Indians in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ohka<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Indians listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, 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 Indians scored five runs late in the game to defeat the Cardinals 7-3 on Friday, as -120 favorites. That game&#8217;s 10 runs went as a PUSH against the posted over\/under (10). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Shin-Soo Choo went 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs to lead the Indians. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Huff<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed 7 1-3 innings for the win, allowing just six hits and three runs. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Albert<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pujols<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run and drove in two runs for the Cardinals, who were +100 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Joel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up seven hits and three runs in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 33-29 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 28-35 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Cleveland are 3-7<br \/>After playing Cleveland are 2-7<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 7-3<br \/>After playing St. Louis are 6-3<br \/>After a win 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 \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>St. Louis is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>St. Louis is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Cleveland is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing St. Louis<br \/>Cleveland is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, June 14<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 Progressive Field will be treated to a interleague game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cleveland Indians when they take their seats on Saturday. The Cardinals will give the ball to starter Brad Thompson in this one. Righthander Thompson is 0-1 this season with a 4.82 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Toma Ohka &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cardinals-indians-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cardinals-Indians 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-4561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4561","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=4561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}