{"id":4617,"date":"2009-06-17T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rays-rockies-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-17T07:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T12:16:00","slug":"rays-rockies-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rays-rockies-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays-Rockies 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday when they battle the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. <?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>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Price<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Price<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-0 this season with a 2.37 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> will counter <st2:Sn>Price<\/st2:Sn> with ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cook<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cook<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.26 ERA to go along with a 5-3 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> listed as 117-moneyline favorites versus the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn>, 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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Gabe<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kapler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 with a solo homer and four runs batted in, as the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> drilled the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> 12-4 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> cashed as +120 road underdogs as the teams played OVER the 10-run total set by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>B.J.<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Upton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-for-5 with a two-run big fly and three RBIs for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Niemann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed three runs over five innings to get the win for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Dexter<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Fowler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> knocked in two runs for <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, as losing pitcher <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jorge<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>De La Rosa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was rocked for seven runs 2 1-3 innings for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 6 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 35-31 SU<br \/>Colorado: 31-33 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tampa Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Colorado are 4-6<br \/>After playing Colorado are 5-4<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Colorado most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Tampa Bay are 7-3<br \/>After playing Tampa Bay are 6-3<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Tampa Bay is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Colorado<br \/>Tampa Bay is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Colorado<br \/>Tampa Bay is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games on the road<br \/>Colorado is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games <br \/>Colorado is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Colorado is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay<br \/>Colorado is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay<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 <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Thursday, June 18<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b 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David Price will be the starting pitcher for the Rays on this day. Lefthander Price is 1-0 this season with a 2.37 ERA. The Rockies will counter Price with ace Aaron &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rays-rockies-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rays-Rockies 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-4617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4617","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=4617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}