{"id":4674,"date":"2009-06-21T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/blue-jays-nationals-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-21T08:24:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:24:00","slug":"blue-jays-nationals-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/blue-jays-nationals-lines-preview-2\/","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 fans 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> will be treated to a interleague game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Washington Nationals when they take their seats on Sunday. <?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 trot <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Ricky<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Romero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Romero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 3-3 record and a 3.73 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>Shairon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Martis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 4.76 ERA to go along with a 5-1 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>Willie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Harris<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run homer in the 12<sup>th<\/sup> inning to lift the Nationals to a 5-3 victory over the Blue Jays on Saturday. The Nationals won the game as +105 underdogs, while the eight runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Nick<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits and drove in one run for the Nationals. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Julian<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Tavarez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed 1 2-3 innings of relief for the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Vernon Wells homered in a losing effort for the Blue Jays, who were -115 favorites in that game. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Scott<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Richmond<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed two runs in relief to suffer the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:State><st1:place><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 4 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>: 37-33 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 20-46 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 Sunday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Cincinnati are 3-3<br \/>After playing Washington are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Boston are 4-6<br \/>After playing Toronto are 4-6<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 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Washington<br \/>Toronto is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>Toronto is 5-12 SU in its last 17 games on the road<br \/>Toronto is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Washington<br \/>Washington is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Toronto<br \/>Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Washington is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Toronto<br \/>Washington is 7-15 SU in its last 22 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, <st2:GivenName>June<\/st2:GivenName> 23<br \/><st1:State><st1:place><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, June 23<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 fans at Nationals Park will be treated to a interleague game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Washington Nationals when they take their seats on Sunday. The Blue Jays will trot Ricky Romero out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Romero has a 3-3 record and a 3.73 ERA this season. Starting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/blue-jays-nationals-lines-preview-2\/\" 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-4674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674","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=4674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}