{"id":4795,"date":"2009-06-28T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/tigers-astros-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-28T08:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T13:14:00","slug":"tigers-astros-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/tigers-astros-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers-Astros Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Minute<\/st1:PlaceName> Maid<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a interleague game between the Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros when they take their seats on Sunday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers will give the ball to starter Edwin<\/st2:GivenName> Jackson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Jackson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-4 this season with a 2.40 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros will counter Jackson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:GivenName> with Russ<\/st2:GivenName> Ortiz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Ortiz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.08 ERA to go along with a 2-2 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 five runs in the third inning to defeat the Tigers 8-1 on Saturday, as a -105 pick’em. That game’s nine runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kazuo<\/st2:GivenName> Matsui<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 at the plate with a two-run homer for the Astros. Felipe<\/st2:GivenName> Paulino<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> fanned nine batters and allowed just three hits over seven innings for the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ramon<\/st2:GivenName> Santiago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered in a losing effort for the Tigers. Alfredo<\/st2:GivenName> Figaro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up eight runs off 10 hits in six innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.
Houston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 41-33 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Houston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 35-37 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 3-7
Before playing Oakland are 6-4
After playing Houston are 6-4
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
Detroit is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
Detroit is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Houston
Detroit is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Detroit is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
Houston is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home
Houston is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Houston is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Detroit<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, June 29
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> at San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, June 29<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Minute Maid Park will be treated to a interleague game between the Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros when they take their seats on Sunday. The Tigers will give the ball to starter Edwin Jackson in this one. Righthander Jackson is 6-4 this season with a 2.40 ERA. The Astros will counter … 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-4795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795","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=4795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}