{"id":4672,"date":"2009-06-21T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rays-mets-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-21T08:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:14:00","slug":"rays-mets-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/rays-mets-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays-Mets Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Citi Field will be treated to a interleague game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Mets when they take their seats on Sunday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rays<\/st2:Sn> will give the ball to starter Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> Niemann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Niemann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-4 this season with a 4.21 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Mets will be Michael<\/st2:GivenName> Pelfrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 4.56 ERA to go along with a 5-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the Rays<\/st2:Sn>, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
James Shields combined on a four-hitter in helping the Rays<\/st2:Sn> defeat the Mets 3-1 on Saturday, as +105 underdogs. The team’s played UNDER the posted over\/under (7.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Pena<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep in the win for the Rays<\/st2:Sn>, and J.P.<\/st2:GivenName> Howell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Omir Santos drove in the lone run for the Mets, who had been -115 favorites. Johan Santan gave up three hits and two runs over 7 1-3 innings in defeat. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 36-34 SU
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 34-32 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 3-7
Before playing Philadelphia are 6-4
After playing NY Mets are 6-4
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
Tampa Bay is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
Tampa Bay is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing NY Mets
Tampa Bay is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games on the road
NY Mets are 13-6 SU in its last 19 games at home
NY Mets are 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay
NY Mets are 3-7 SU in its last 10 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay home to Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, June 23
NY Mets home to St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, June 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Citi Field will be treated to a interleague game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Mets when they take their seats on Sunday. The Rays will give the ball to starter Jeff Niemann in this one. Righthander Niemann is 6-4 this season with a 4.21 ERA. Starting this game … 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-4672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672","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=4672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}