{"id":4957,"date":"2009-07-23T07:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mariners-tigers-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-23T07:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:22:00","slug":"mariners-tigers-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mariners-tigers-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners-Tigers Odds 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 Seattle Mariners and the Detroit Tigers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Comerica<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Jarrod<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Washburn<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Mariners to start this game. Washburn is 7-6 this season with a 2.87 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Washburn&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lucas<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>French<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Tigers lefthander has a 2.25 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 119-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, 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>Russell<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Branyan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a game-winning home run in the eighth inning as the Mariners snuck past the Tigers 2-1, as -135 favorites on Wednesday. The team&#8217;s played UNDER 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>Felix<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> whiffed eight batters over seven innings, as he improved to 11-3 overall. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Aardsma<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected his 23<sup>rd<\/sup> save with a scoreless ninth. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Clete<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Thomas<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the lone run for the Tigers, who were +115 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Bobby<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Seay<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run and was saddled with the loss. <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>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 50-44 SU<br \/>Detroit: 49-43 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Seattle most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Cleveland are 7-3<br \/>After playing Detroit are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Detroit most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Chi White Sox are 6-4<br \/>After playing Seattle are 5-5<br \/>After a loss 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 7 of Seattle&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Seattle&#8217;s last 7 games when playing on the road against Detroit<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Seattle&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Seattle is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Detroit&#8217;s last 7 games when playing at home against Seattle<br \/>Detroit is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Seattle<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Seattle<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Friday, July 24<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Chi White Sox, 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 Seattle Mariners and the Detroit Tigers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Comerica Park. Lefthander Jarrod Washburn will take the mound for the Mariners to start this game. Washburn is 7-6 this season with a 2.87 ERA. Washburn&#8217;s opponent in this one will be Lucas &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mariners-tigers-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mariners-Tigers Odds 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-4957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4957","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=4957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}