{"id":4650,"date":"2009-06-19T08:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/dodgers-angels-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-19T08:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T13:31:00","slug":"dodgers-angels-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/dodgers-angels-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers-Angels 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Los Angeles Angels on Friday when they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers at <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Angel<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Stadium<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. <?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 Dodgers will trot ace Chad Billingsley out to the mound in this one. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Billingsley<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> has a 9-3 record and a 2.72 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Joe<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Saunders<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the <st1:Sn>Angels<\/st1:Sn> in this contest. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Saunders<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 7-4 with a 3.66 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the <st1:Sn>Angels<\/st1:Sn> listed as 105-moneyline favorites versus the Dodgers, 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 Dodgers took the rubber match on Thursday with a 3-2 win over the A&#8217;s, as -140 favorites. That game&#8217;s five runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (7.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Orlando Hudson led the way with a solo home run, while <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Brent<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Leach<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> got the win in relief. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Ramon<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Troncoso<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> closed out the ninth for his fourth save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The <st1:Sn>Angels<\/st1:Sn> scored three times in the eighth inning to earn a 4-3 victory over the Giants on Wednesday, as +160 underdogs. The game&#8217;s seven runs went UNDER the day&#8217;s posted over\/under (7.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Juan<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Rivera<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> led the way with two RBIs, and <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Chone<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Figgins<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> had two hits and drove in one run for the <st1:Sn>Angels<\/st1:Sn>. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Kevin<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Jepsen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> notched his first win in relief, and <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Brian<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Fuentes<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> closed out the win with his 18<sup>th<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> 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 \/><st2:City><st2:place>Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 44-23 SU<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 35-29 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:City><st2:place>Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing LA Angels are 6-4<br \/>After playing <st2:City><st2:place>Oakland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p><st2:City><st2:place>Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 4-6<br \/>After playing <st2:City><st2:place>San Francisco<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> are 7-3<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 \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games <br \/>LA Dodgers are 11-4 SU in their last 15 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 9 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 13 games when playing LA Angels<br \/>LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games <br \/>LA Angels are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers<br \/>LA Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games at home<br \/>LA Angels are 12-5 SU in their last 17 games when playing LA Dodgers<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA <st1:Sn>Angels<\/st1:Sn> home to LA Dodgers, Saturday, June 20<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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Los Angeles Angels on Friday when they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers at Angel Stadium. The Dodgers will trot ace Chad Billingsley out to the mound in this one. Righthander Billingsley has a 9-3 record and a 2.72 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be Joe Saunders &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/dodgers-angels-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dodgers-Angels 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-4650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4650","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=4650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}