{"id":4850,"date":"2009-07-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/royals-red-sox-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-09T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T14:00:00","slug":"royals-red-sox-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/royals-red-sox-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals-Red Sox Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Kansas City Royals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Thursday when they take on the Boston Red Sox at Fenway<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Luke<\/st2:middlename> Hochevar<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Royals to start this game. Hochevar is 4-3 this season with a 5.08 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Hochevar’s opponent in this one will be Brad<\/st2:GivenName> Penny<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Red Sox righthander has a 4.67 ERA to go along with a 6-3 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
The Royals dropped the series rubber match 3-1 to the Tigers last time out, as -135 favorites on the road. That game’s four runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Alberto<\/st2:GivenName> Collaspo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run, while Zack<\/st2:GivenName> Greinke<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up three runs in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David<\/st2:GivenName> Ortiz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a three-run homer and J.D.<\/st2:GivenName> Drew<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> also went deep as the Red Sox defeated the A’s 5-4 on Wednesday, as -180 favorites. That game’s nine runs went UNDER the game’s posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tim<\/st2:GivenName> Wakefield<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed 10 hits and three runs over six innings as he earned the win. Jonathan<\/st2:GivenName> Papelbon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> closed out the game for his 22nd<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 36-48 SU
Boston: 51-33 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 3-7
Before playing Boston are 4-6
After playing Detroit are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

Boston most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Kansas City are 7-3
After playing Oakland are 7-3
After a win are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City’s last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Kansas City’s last 13 games
Kansas City is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games
Kansas City is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games on the road
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Kansas City
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 10<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Kansas City Royals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Thursday when they take on the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Righthander Luke Hochevar will take the mound for the Royals to start this game. Hochevar is 4-3 this season with a 5.08 ERA. Hochevar’s opponent in this one will be … Continue reading Royals-Red Sox 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-4850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4850","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=4850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}