{"id":4718,"date":"2009-06-24T06:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-nationals-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-24T06:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T11:34:00","slug":"red-sox-nationals-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-nationals-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Nationals 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\">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 game between the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Nationals when they take their seats on Wednesday. <?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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lester<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lester<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-6 this season with a 4.69 ERA. <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>Craig<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Stammen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Nationals in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Stammen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-2 with a 4.77 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 183-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:place><st1:PlaceName>Jason<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Bay<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> went 4-for-6 with a homer and three runs batted in, as the Red Sox drilled the Nationals 11-3 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -135 road favorites as the game played OVER the 9-run total set by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jacoby<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ellsbury<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 4-for-4 with three RBIs for the Red Sox, while Manny Delcarmen picked up the win in relief of starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brad<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Penny<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <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> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Willie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Harris<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in runs for <st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Julian<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Tavarez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss after coming into the game for Nationals starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>John<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lannan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <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 3 straight games.<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> has lost 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>: 43-27 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 20-48 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 Wednesday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Washington are 9-1<br \/>After playing Washington are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Boston are 3-7<br \/>After playing Boston 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 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Washington<br \/>Boston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>Boston is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games <br \/>Washington is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Washington is 7-17 SU in its last 24 games at home<br \/>Washington is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games <br \/>Washington is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games when playing 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>, Thursday, June 25<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b 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Jon Lester will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. Lefthander Lester is 5-6 this season with a 4.69 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Craig Stammen &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-nationals-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Red Sox-Nationals 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-4718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4718","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=4718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}