{"id":4571,"date":"2009-06-14T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/reds-royals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-14T08:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:35:00","slug":"reds-royals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/reds-royals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds-Royals 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 Cincinnati Reds will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Sunday when they take on the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. <?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 = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Johnny<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Cueto<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Reds to start this game. Cueto is 6-3 this season with a 2.33 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Royals will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brian<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bannister<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 4.53 ERA to go along with a 4-3 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Reds listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, 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 Royals scored five runs early and went on to defeat the Reds 7-4 on Saturday, as -115 favorites. That game&#8217;s 11 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Willie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bloomquist<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate and drove in three runs to lead the way. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Kyle<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Davies<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed five innings for the win, giving up three runs off two hits. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hanigan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits and drove in two runs for the Reds, who were +105 underdogs. Bronson Arroyo surrendered 11 hits and six runs over five innings 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>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 31-30 SU<br \/>Kansas City: 27-34 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Cincinnati most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 4-6<br \/>After playing Kansas City are 5-2<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 6-4<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 2-5<br \/>After a win are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Cincinnati is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Cincinnati is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games on the road<br \/>Kansas City is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games at home<br \/>Kansas City is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, <st2:GivenName>June<\/st2:GivenName> 16<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, June 16<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 Cincinnati Reds will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Sunday when they take on the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Righthander Johnny Cueto will take the mound for the Reds to start this game. Cueto is 6-3 this season with a 2.33 ERA. Starting this game for the Royals will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/reds-royals-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reds-Royals 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-4571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4571","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=4571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}