{"id":4764,"date":"2009-06-26T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/tigers-astros-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-26T08:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T13:04:00","slug":"tigers-astros-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/tigers-astros-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers-Astros Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Minute<\/st1:PlaceName> Maid<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Justin<\/st2:GivenName> Verlander<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Verlander has a 8-3 record and a 3.31 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Astros will be Wandy Rodriguez. The lefthander has a 3.18 ERA to go along with a 6-6 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers defeated the Cubs as a -105 favorite on Thursday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Raburn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-4 with a pair of RBI for Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Magglio<\/st2:GivenName> Ordonez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and Ramon<\/st2:GivenName> Santiago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit two-run home runs in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros defeated Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 5-4 as a -110 favorite on Thursday. The nine runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over\/under total (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lance<\/st2:GivenName> Berkman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> clubbed a pair of home runs and had four RBI for Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, while Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored three runs in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 7 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 41-31 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Houston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 33-37 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Houston are 4-5
After playing Chi Cubs are 8-2
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

Houston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Detroit are 6-3
After playing Kansas City are 5-5
After a win are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Detroit is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit’s last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Detroit’s last 12 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston’s last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Houston’s last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston’s last 6 games when playing Detroit
Houston is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Detroit<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, June 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Minute Maid Park. The Tigers will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Justin Verlander in this game. Verlander has a 8-3 record and a 3.31 ERA this season. Starting this game for … Continue reading Tigers-Astros Odds 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-4764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4764","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=4764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}