{"id":4596,"date":"2009-06-16T08:41:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/diamondbacks-royals-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-16T08:41:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-16T13:41:00","slug":"diamondbacks-royals-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/diamondbacks-royals-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks-Royals Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Kansas City Royals will be trying to extend a winning streak on Tuesday when they take on the Arizona Diamondbacks at Kauffman Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Diamondbacks will trot Doug<\/st2:GivenName> Davis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Davis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 3-7 record and a 3.65 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be ace Gil<\/st2:GivenName> Meche<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Royals in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Meche<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-5 with a 3.70 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Royals listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Diamondbacks lost to Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> 8-3 as a -145 favorite on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Stephen<\/st2:GivenName> Drew<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run homer for the Diamondbacks and Mark<\/st2:GivenName> Reynolds<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> cracked a solo shot. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Royals defeated Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 7-1 as a +110 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Miguel<\/st2:GivenName> Olivo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in four runs for Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Brian<\/st2:GivenName> Bannister<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed one unearned run on four hits in eight innings in the win <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 27-37 SU
Kansas City: 28-34 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Arizona most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 8-2
Before playing Kansas City are 5-5
After playing Houston are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing Arizona are 6-4
After playing Cincinnati are 3-5
After a win are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Arizona’s last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Arizona’s last 7 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona’s last 6 games on the road
Arizona is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Kansas City’s last 7 games when playing Arizona
Kansas City is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Kansas City is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Kansas City’s last 13 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, June 17<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Kansas City Royals will be trying to extend a winning streak on Tuesday when they take on the Arizona Diamondbacks at Kauffman Stadium. The Diamondbacks will trot Doug Davis out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Davis has a 3-7 record and a 3.65 ERA this season. It’ll be ace Gil Meche toeing … Continue reading Diamondbacks-Royals 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-4596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4596","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=4596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}