{"id":4697,"date":"2009-06-23T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-nationals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-23T06:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T11:22:00","slug":"red-sox-nationals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-nationals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-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 Boston Red Sox and the Washington Nationals when they take their seats on Tuesday. <?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 Red Sox will trot <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Brad<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Penny<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Penny<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 6-2 record and a 4.94 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>John<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lannan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Nationals in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lannan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-5 with a 3.38 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 Red Sox listed as 140-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\">The Red Sox defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 6-5 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ortiz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run home run for <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Nick<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Green<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added a solo blast in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Nationals lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 9-4 as a +120 underdog on Sunday. The 13 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Josh<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-4 with a pair of RBI for <st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Shairon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Martis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was lit up for six runs on eight hits in five innings <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 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>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 42-27 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 20-47 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Washington are 8-2<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Boston are 4-6<br \/>After playing Toronto are 3-7<br \/>After a loss 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 \/>Boston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Washington<br \/>Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Washington<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Washington<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Washington&#8217;s last 11 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Washington&#8217;s last 17 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Boston<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Boston<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>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, June 24<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 Boston Red Sox and the Washington Nationals when they take their seats on Tuesday. The Red Sox will trot Brad Penny out to the mound in this one. Righthander Penny has a 6-2 record and a 4.94 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-nationals-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Red Sox-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-4697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4697","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=4697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}