{"id":4880,"date":"2009-07-17T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/red-sox-blue-jays-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-17T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T13:21:00","slug":"red-sox-blue-jays-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/red-sox-blue-jays-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Blue Jays Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Toronto Blue Jays will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the Boston Red Sox at Rogers Centre. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Clay<\/st2:middlename> Buchholz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Red Sox to start this game. Buchholz is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Blue Jays will counter Buchholz with Ricky<\/st2:GivenName> Romero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Romero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 3.00 ERA to go along with a 7-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox defeated Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 6-0 as a -320 favorite on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Beckett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched a complete-game shutout, allowing only three hits with seven strikeouts for Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Nick<\/st2:GivenName> Green<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored a pair of runs in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Blue Jays lost to Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> 4-2 as a +105 underdog on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Marco<\/st2:GivenName> Scutaro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-3 with an RBI for Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Marc<\/st2:GivenName> Rzepczynski<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss after giving up three runs on five hits in six innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 54-34 SU
Toronto: 44-46 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Toronto are 5-5
After playing Kansas City are 8-2
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
Before playing Boston are 5-5
After playing Baltimore are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Boston is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games on the road
Boston is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston’s last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 7 games when playing Boston
Toronto is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, July 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Toronto Blue Jays will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the Boston Red Sox at Rogers Centre. Righthander Clay Buchholz will take the mound for the Red Sox to start this game. Buchholz is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA. The Blue Jays will counter Buchholz … Continue reading Red Sox-Blue Jays 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-4880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4880","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=4880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}