{"id":4742,"date":"2009-06-25T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-nationals-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-25T08:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T13:42:00","slug":"red-sox-nationals-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-nationals-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Nationals Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Washington Nationals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Thursday when they take on the Boston Red Sox at Nationals<\/st2:PlaceName> Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander John<\/st1:GivenName> Smoltz<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this game. Smoltz has a 0-0 record and a 0.00 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Nationals will counter Smoltz with Jordan<\/st1:GivenName> Zimmermann<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Zimmermann<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> has a 5.03 ERA to go along with a 2-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox extended their winning streak to four games with a 6-4 win over the Nationals on Wednesday, as -175 favorites. That game’s 10 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David<\/st1:GivenName> Ortiz<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> belted a three-run home run to lead the Red Sox. Jon<\/st1:GivenName> Lester<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> evened his record to 6-6 with the win, and Jonathan<\/st1:GivenName> Papelbon<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> earned his 17th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Josh<\/st1:GivenName> Willingham<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> hit a two-run single for the Nationals, who were +155 underdogs. Craig<\/st1:GivenName> Stammen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> surrendered six runs over 5 1-3 innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 4 straight games.
Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 44-27 <\/font>SU<\/st1:GivenName>
Washington<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 20-49 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 7-3
Before playing Atlanta are 6-4
After playing Washington are 8-2
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

Washington most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Baltimore are 5-5
After playing Boston are 2-8
After a loss are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Boston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Washington is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games at home
Washington is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston
Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at Atlanta<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Friday, June 26
Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> at Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Friday, June 26<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Washington Nationals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Thursday when they take on the Boston Red Sox at Nationals Park. The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander John Smoltz in this game. Smoltz has a 0-0 record and a 0.00 ERA this season. The Nationals will … Continue reading Red Sox-Nationals Lines 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-4742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742","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=4742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}