{"id":4779,"date":"2009-06-27T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/tigers-astros-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-27T07:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T12:53:00","slug":"tigers-astros-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/tigers-astros-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers-Astros Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Minute<\/st1:PlaceName> Maid<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers will give the ball to starter Alfredo<\/st2:GivenName> Figaro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Figaro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-0 this season with a 3.60 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros will counter Figaro with Felipe<\/st2:GivenName> Paulino<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Paulino<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 5.09 ERA to go along with a 0-4 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 Astros scored twice in the eighth inning to rally for a 5-4 win over the Tigers on Friday, as +105 underdogs. The nine runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Miguel<\/st2:GivenName> Tejada<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs for the Astros. Chris<\/st2:GivenName> Sampson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 4-0 with the win, and LaTroy<\/st2:GivenName> Hawkins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected his 10th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Placido<\/st2:GivenName> Polanco<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a three-run homer in a losing effort for the Tigers, who were -115 favorites. Joel<\/st2:GivenName> Zumaya<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs in relief and suffered the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 41-32 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Houston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 34-37 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Houston are 5-5
After playing Houston are 6-3
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
Detroit is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Houston
Detroit is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Houston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
Houston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Houston is 1-4 SU in its last 5 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>, Sunday, June 28<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Minute Maid Park. The Tigers will give the ball to starter Alfredo Figaro in this one. Righthander Figaro is 1-0 this season with a 3.60 ERA. The Astros will counter Figaro with Felipe … Continue reading Tigers-Astros 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-4779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4779","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=4779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}