{"id":4643,"date":"2009-06-19T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rays-mets-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-19T08:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T13:08:00","slug":"rays-mets-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rays-mets-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays-Mets Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Mets will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Citi Field in an interleague contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andy<\/st2:GivenName> Sonnanstine<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Rays<\/st2:Sn> on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Sonnanstine<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-6 this season with a 6.65 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Sonnanstine’s opponent in this one will be Fernando<\/st2:GivenName> Nieve<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Mets righthander has a 2.70 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Rays<\/st2:Sn>, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rays<\/st2:Sn> dropped Thursday’s rubber match 4-3 to the Rockies<\/st1:place>, as -115 favorites at home. That game’s seven runs went UNDER the day’s posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ben<\/st2:GivenName> Zobrist<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs in a losing cause, while Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Garza<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered all four runs in five innings of work. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Mets were defeated 5-4 by the Orioles last time out, as +105 underdogs. The nine runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (10.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Beltran<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored. Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> Rodriguez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up both runs in the ninth and suffered the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has lost 2 straight games.
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 35-33 SU
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 33-31 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
Before playing NY Mets are 3-6
After playing Colorado are 5-5
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

New York most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Tampa Bay are 5-4
After playing Baltimore are 4-6
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games on the road
NY Mets are 12-5 SU in its last 17 games at home
NY Mets are 2-6 SU in its last 8 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
NY Mets home to Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, June 20<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Mets will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Citi Field in an interleague contest. Andy Sonnanstine will be the starting pitcher for the Rays on this day. Righthander Sonnanstine is 5-6 this season with a 6.65 ERA. Sonnanstine’s opponent in this … Continue reading Rays-Mets 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-4643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4643","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=4643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}