{"id":4921,"date":"2009-07-21T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/indians-blue-jays-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-21T08:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T13:48:00","slug":"indians-blue-jays-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/indians-blue-jays-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Indians-Blue Jays Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cleveland Indians will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Indians will trot ace <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Cliff<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Lee<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Lee<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> has a 5-9 record and a 3.31 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Brett<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Cecil<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Blue Jays in this contest. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Cecil<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 3-1 with a 5.48 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Indians listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Blue Jays, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Indians lost to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Seattle<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> 5-3 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The eight runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Ben<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Francisco<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> hit a two-run home run for <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> and <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Aaron<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Laffey<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> allowed three runs on eight hits in six innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Blue Jays defeated <st2:City><st2:place>Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> 3-1 as a -110 favorite on Sunday. The four runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (7.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Roy<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Halladay<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> pitched a complete-game six-hitter, allowing only one run with six strikeouts for <st2:City><st2:place>Toronto<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> and Rod Barajas was 2-2 with three RBI in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has lost 3 straight games.<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Toronto<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 36-57 SU<br \/>Toronto: 46-47 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 5-5<br \/>After playing Seattle are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Cleveland are 5-5<br \/>After playing Boston are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Toronto<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto<br \/>Cleveland is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games when playing Toronto<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Cleveland<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Toronto<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Wednesday, July 22<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Indians will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. The Indians will trot ace Cliff Lee out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Lee has a 5-9 record and a 3.31 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be Brett Cecil toeing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/indians-blue-jays-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indians-Blue Jays Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-4921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4921","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=4921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}