{"id":4925,"date":"2009-07-21T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rays-white-sox-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-21T09:06:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T14:06:00","slug":"rays-white-sox-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rays-white-sox-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays-White Sox 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 Tampa Bay Rays and the Chicago White Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at U.S. Cellular Field. <?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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Niemann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Niemann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 8-4 this season with a 3.55 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Niemann&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Clayton<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Richard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The White Sox lefthander has a 5.75 ERA to go along with a 3-3 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> listed as 137-moneyline favorites versus the White Sox, 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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Paul<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Konerko<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a three-run shot to lead the White Sox over the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> 4-3 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -110 home favorites as the teams played UNDER the 9-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Winning pitcher <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Gavin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Floyd<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed three runs over seven innings for the White Sox, who got a run batted in from Jermaine Dye in the payday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Carl<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Crawford<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-for-3 with a solo drive for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Price<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was handed the loss after giving up four runs over six innings for the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 51-42 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 48-44 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tampa Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Chi White Sox are 6-4<br \/>After playing Chi White Sox are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6<br \/>After playing Tampa Bay are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 6-4<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 UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 18 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 24 games when playing Chi White Sox<br \/>Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi White Sox&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay<br \/>Chi White Sox are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chi White Sox&#8217;s last 8 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>Chi White Sox home to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, 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 Tampa Bay Rays and the Chicago White Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at U.S. Cellular Field. Jeff Niemann will be the starting pitcher for the Rays on this day. Righthander Niemann is 8-4 this season with a 3.55 ERA. Niemann&#8217;s opponent in this one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rays-white-sox-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rays-White Sox 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-4925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925","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=4925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}