{"id":4659,"date":"2009-06-20T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/blue-jays-nationals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-20T08:37:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T13:37:00","slug":"blue-jays-nationals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/blue-jays-nationals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays-Nationals 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\">The Washington Nationals will be trying to extend a winning streak on Saturday when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Nationals<\/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 Blue Jays will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Brett<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cecil<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:GivenName>Cecil<\/st2:GivenName> has a 2-1 record and a 4.38 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Nationals will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ross<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Detwiler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The lefthander has a 5.23 ERA to go along with a 0-3 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, 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>Adam<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Dunn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> singled in the winning run to give the Nationals a 2-1 victory over the Blue Jays on Friday, as a -110 pick&#8217;em. The team&#8217;s played UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jordan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Zimmermann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the other run for the Nationals. Jesus Colome tossed a scoreless 11<sup>th<\/sup> inning for the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rod Barajas drove in the only run for the Blue Jays. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Frasor<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run in suffering the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 37-32 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 19-46 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Washington are 7-3<br \/>After playing Washington are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 6-4<br \/>After playing Toronto are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Toronto is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Washington<br \/>Toronto is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Toronto is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games on the road<br \/>Toronto is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington<br \/>Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto<br \/>Washington is 6-15 SU in its last 21 games at home<br \/>Washington is 6-16 SU in its last 22 games <br \/>Washington is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing Toronto<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, June 21<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 Washington Nationals will be trying to extend a winning streak on Saturday when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Nationals Park. The Blue Jays will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Brett Cecil in this game. Cecil has a 2-1 record and a 4.38 ERA this season. Starting this game &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/blue-jays-nationals-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blue Jays-Nationals 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-4659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4659","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=4659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}