{"id":4569,"date":"2009-06-14T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/nationals-rays-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-14T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:30:00","slug":"nationals-rays-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/nationals-rays-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationals-Rays Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Washington Nationals and the Tampa Bay Rays will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Tropicana Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ross<\/st2:GivenName> Detwiler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Nationals on this day. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Detwiler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-3 this season with a 5.06 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be James Shields who starts for the Rays<\/st2:Sn>. Righthander Shields is 5-5 with a 3.36 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rays<\/st2:Sn> listed as 260-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rays<\/st2:Sn> won their fourth straight with a 8-3 victory over the Nationals on Saturday, as -160 favorites. That game’s 11 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ben<\/st2:GivenName> Zobrist<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the Rays<\/st2:Sn> with a three-run homer, and Gabe<\/st2:GivenName> Gross<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep for a two-run dinger. Andy<\/st2:GivenName> Sonnanstine<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed six hits and three runs over 7 1-3 innings to earn the victory. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Zimmerman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs, including a solo home run for the Nationals, who were +140 underdogs. Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Bergmann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up five runs in relief and suffered the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn>: 16-44 SU
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 33-31 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Washington most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing NY Yankees are 5-5
After playing Tampa Bay are 6-4
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 3-7
Before playing Colorado are 3-6
After playing Washington are 4-6
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Washington is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> at NY Yankees, Tuesday, June 16
Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay at Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, June 16<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Washington Nationals and the Tampa Bay Rays will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Tropicana Field. Ross Detwiler will be the starting pitcher for the Nationals on this day. Lefthander Detwiler is 0-3 this season with a 5.06 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be James Shields who starts for the … Continue reading Nationals-Rays 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-4569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4569","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=4569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}