{"id":4827,"date":"2009-07-07T09:12:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/royals-tigers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-07T09:12:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T14:12:00","slug":"royals-tigers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/royals-tigers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals-Tigers Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday when they battle the Detroit Tigers at Comerica<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Royals will give the ball to starter Bruce<\/st2:GivenName> Chen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Chen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-2 this season with a 4.38 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Tigers will be ace Justin<\/st2:GivenName> Verlander<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 3.54 ERA to go along with a 8-4 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
Mike<\/st2:GivenName> Jacobs<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>‘ solo shot in the top of the ninth inning lifted the Royals over the Tigers 4-3 on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as +125 road underdogs as the game played UNDER the 9-run total set by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Willie<\/st2:GivenName> Bloomquist<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-for-4 with a big fly and three runs batted in for the Royals, while Roman<\/st2:GivenName> Colon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter Gil<\/st2:GivenName> Meche<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Raburn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a dinger and two RBIs for Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as Fernando<\/st2:GivenName> Rodney<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was tagged with the loss after allowing Jacobs<\/st2:GivenName>‘ drive in the top of the ninth inning. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 36-46 SU
Detroit: 44-38 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Detroit are 6-4
After playing Detroit are 6-4
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

Detroit most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 8-2
Before playing Kansas City are 2-8
After playing Kansas City are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City’s last 8 games on the road
Kansas City is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Kansas City’s last 11 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Detroit is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Detroit’s last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games when playing at home against Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Detroit’s last 18 games when playing Kansas City<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, July 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday when they battle the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. The Royals will give the ball to starter Bruce Chen in this one. Lefthander Chen is 0-2 this season with a 4.38 ERA. Starting this game for the Tigers will be … Continue reading Royals-Tigers 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-4827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4827","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=4827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}