{"id":4956,"date":"2009-07-23T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/indians-blue-jays-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-23T07:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:21:00","slug":"indians-blue-jays-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/indians-blue-jays-lines-preview-2\/","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 fans at Rogers Centre will be treated to a game between the Cleveland Indians and the Toronto Blue Jays when they take their seats on Thursday. <?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 pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Huff<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Huff has a 4-4 record and a 6.60 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Huff&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Marc<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Rzepczynski<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Blue Jays lefthander has a 2.50 ERA to go along with a 1-1 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 158-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, 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 Blue Jays rallied for five runs in the fifth inning as they defeated the Indians 10-6 on Wednesday, as -155 favorites. The 16 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Marco<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Scutaro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted two home runs, including a three-run homer for the Blue Jays. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ricky<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Romero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up his eighth win of the season, giving up four runs over 5 1-3 innings of work. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Luis<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Valbuena<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a three-run homer in a losing effort for the Indians, who were +135 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Carl<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pavano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was tagged for seven runs over 4 2-3 innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 37-58 SU<br \/>Toronto: 47-48 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 Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Seattle are 4-6<br \/>After playing Toronto are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6<br \/>After playing Cleveland are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 3-7<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 6 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Toronto<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Cleveland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Toronto<br \/>Cleveland is 4-10 SU in its last 14 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto&#8217;s last 9 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto&#8217;s last 9 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>Toronto is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> at <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Friday, July 24<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, 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 fans at Rogers Centre will be treated to a game between the Cleveland Indians and the Toronto Blue Jays when they take their seats on Thursday. The Indians will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander David Huff in this game. Huff has a 4-4 record and a 6.60 ERA this season. Huff&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/indians-blue-jays-lines-preview-2\/\" 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-4956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4956","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=4956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}