{"id":4844,"date":"2009-07-09T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/blue-jays-rays-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-09T08:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T13:49:00","slug":"blue-jays-rays-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/blue-jays-rays-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays-Rays Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Toronto Blue Jays and the Tampa Bay Rays will meet on the field at Tropicana Field on Thursday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Blue Jays will trot ace Roy<\/st2:GivenName> Halladay<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Halladay<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 10-2 record and a 2.79 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rays<\/st2:Sn> will counter Halladay with David<\/st2:GivenName> Price<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Price<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 5.21 ERA to go along with a 2-3 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
Ben<\/st2:GivenName> Zobrist<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the winning run with a walk-off single and collected four RBIs as the Rays<\/st2:Sn> snuck past the Blue Jays 10-9 on Wednesday. The Rays<\/st2:Sn> won the game as -170 favorites, and the 19 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Gabe<\/st2:GivenName> Kapler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 at the plate with two RBIs and one run scored. J.P.<\/st2:GivenName> Howell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 5-2 with one scoreless inning of relief on the mound. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Alex<\/st2:GivenName> Rios<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and Marco<\/st2:GivenName> Scutaro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> both drove in a pair of runs for the Blue Jays, who were +150 underdogs. Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Frasor<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run and was saddled with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 43-43 SU
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 46-39 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Toronto most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Baltimore are 5-5
After playing Tampa Bay are 4-6
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 7-3
Before playing Oakland are 5-5
After playing Toronto are 5-5
After a win are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Toronto’s last 17 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Tampa Bay is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Tampa Bay’s last 10 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Friday, July 10
Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay home to Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 10<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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