{"id":4757,"date":"2009-06-26T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/reds-indians-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-26T07:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T12:43:00","slug":"reds-indians-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/reds-indians-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds-Indians 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 Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Indians will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Progressive Field. <?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 Reds will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Harang<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Harang has a 5-7 record and a 3.66 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Indians will counter Harang with Jeremy Sowers. Lefthander Sowers has a 6.82 ERA to go along with a 0-5 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Reds ended the Blue Jays&#8217; three-game win streak with a 7-5 victory in the rubber match on Thursday, as +115 underdogs. That game&#8217;s 12 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Joey<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Votto<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 4-for-5 at the plate with three RBIs, including a solo home run for the Reds. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Johnny<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cuteo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 7-4 with the win, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cordero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> notched his 18<sup>th<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Indians were defeated 3-2 by the Pirates in Thursday&#8217;s rubber match, as -155 favorites. That game&#8217;s five runs went UNDER the night&#8217;s posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Victor<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Martinez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 at the plate with a solo home run. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Herges<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run and was saddled with the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/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>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 35-36 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 30-44 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Cincinnati most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Cleveland are 5-5<br \/>After playing Toronto are 4-4<br \/>After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Cincinnati are 6-4<br \/>After playing Pittsburgh are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Cincinnati is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cincinnati&#8217;s last 10 games when playing on the road against Cleveland<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cincinnati&#8217;s last 10 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>Cincinnati is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 10 games when playing at home against Cincinnati<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 10 games when playing Cincinnati<br \/>Cleveland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cincinnati<br \/>Cleveland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 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><st2:Sn>Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, June 27<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 style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Indians will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Progressive Field. The Reds will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Aaron Harang in this game. Harang has a 5-7 record and a 3.66 ERA this season. The Indians will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/reds-indians-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reds-Indians 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-4757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757","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=4757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}