{"id":4631,"date":"2009-06-18T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/marlins-red-sox-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-18T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T15:14:00","slug":"marlins-red-sox-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/marlins-red-sox-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins-Red Sox 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 Florida Marlins and the Boston Red Sox will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Fenway<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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 Marlins will give the ball to ace starter <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Ricky<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nolasco<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nolasco<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-6 this season with a 7.46 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Red Sox will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lester<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The lefthander has a 4.76 ERA to go along with a 5-5 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 240-moneyline favorites versus the Marlins, 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 Red Sox increased their lead in the <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>AL<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>East<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> by defeating the Marlins 6-1 on Wednesday, as -180 favorites. The team&#8217;s played UNDER the posted over\/under (10.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Dustin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pedroia<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in three runs to lead the Red Sox. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brad<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Penny<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went five innings for the win, allowing three hits and one run. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:GivenName>Andrew<\/st2:GivenName> Miller allowed gave up seven hits and four runs over 5 1-3 innings in the loss. The Marlins were +160 underdogs in that game. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/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:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 32-35 SU<br \/>Boston: 40-25 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Florida most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing NY Yankees are 6-4<br \/>After playing Boston are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 6-4<br \/>After playing Florida are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Florida is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston<br \/>Florida is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Boston<br \/>Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Boston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Florida<br \/>Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Florida<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to NY Yankees, Friday, <st2:GivenName>June<\/st2:GivenName> 19<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, June 19<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 Florida Marlins and the Boston Red Sox will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Fenway Park. The Marlins will give the ball to ace starter Ricky Nolasco in this one. Righthander Nolasco is 2-6 this season with a 7.46 ERA. Starting this game for the Red Sox will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/marlins-red-sox-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marlins-Red Sox 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-4631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4631","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=4631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}