{"id":4950,"date":"2009-07-22T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/angels-royals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-22T07:32:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T12:32:00","slug":"angels-royals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/angels-royals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels-Royals 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 Los Angeles Angels will be trying to extend a winning streak on Wednesday when they take on the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. <?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>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Joe<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Saunders<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the <st2:Sn>Angels<\/st2:Sn> to start this game. <st2:Sn>Saunders<\/st2:Sn> is 8-6 this season with a 4.72 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brian<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bannister<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Royals in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bannister<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-7 with a 3.57 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 <st2:Sn>Angels<\/st2:Sn> listed as 133-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, 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>Erick<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Aybar<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 4-for-5 with three runs batted in, as the <st2:Sn>Angels<\/st2:Sn> ripped the Royals 10-2 in Game 2 of their doubleheader on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -155 road favorites as the teams played OVER the 10-run total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:GivenName>Sean<\/st2:GivenName> O&#8217;Sullivan gave up two runs over 5 1-3 innings to get the win for the <st2:Sn>Angels<\/st2:Sn>, who won Game 1 of the twinbill 8-5 as -135 road favorites earlier in the day. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jose<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Guillen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Yuniesky<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Betancourt<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in runs for <st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Bruce<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Chen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss after allowing three runs over five innings for the Royals. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 8 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 54-38 SU<br \/>Kansas City: 37-56 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 5-5<br \/>After playing Kansas City are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Texas are 4-6<br \/>After playing LA Angels are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 2-8<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Kansas City<br \/>LA Angels are 8-1 SU in their last 9 games <br \/>LA Angels are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games on the road<br \/>LA Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Kansas City<br \/>Kansas City is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against LA Angels<br \/>Kansas City is 0-5 SU in their last 5 games when playing LA Angels<br \/>Kansas City is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Kansas City is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA <st2:Sn>Angels<\/st2:Sn> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Thursday, July 23<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, July 24<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 Los Angeles Angels will be trying to extend a winning streak on Wednesday when they take on the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Lefthander Joe Saunders will take the mound for the Angels to start this game. Saunders is 8-6 this season with a 4.72 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Brian Bannister toeing the rubber &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/angels-royals-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Angels-Royals 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-4950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4950","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=4950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}