{"id":4959,"date":"2009-07-23T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rays-white-sox-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-23T07:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:28:00","slug":"rays-white-sox-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rays-white-sox-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays-White Sox 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 fans at U.S. Cellular Field will be treated to a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Chicago White Sox 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\">Ace lefthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Scott<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kazmir<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> to start this game. Kazmir is 4-5 this season with a 6.62 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kazmir&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mark<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Buehrle<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The White Sox ace lefthander has a 3.52 ERA to go along with a 10-3 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the White Sox listed as 122-moneyline favorites versus the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn>, 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 White Sox rallied with three runs in the seventh inning and then held on for a 4-3 victory over the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> on Wednesday, as +120 underdogs. The team&#8217;s played UNDER the night&#8217;s 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>Alexei<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ramirez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of RBIs for the White Sox. D.J. Carrasco improved to 3-0 with the win, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Thornton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up his second save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Pat<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Burrell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered for the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Dan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wheeler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss in relief. Oddsmakers had the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> listed as -140 favorites. <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>: 52-43 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 49-45 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 Thursday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 7-3<br \/>After playing Chi White Sox are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Detroit are 5-5<br \/>After playing Tampa Bay are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 5-5<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 5 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 18 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 25 games when playing Chi White Sox<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi White Sox&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi White Sox&#8217;s last 5 games <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 at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Bay at <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 24<br \/>Chi White Sox at <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, 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 U.S. Cellular Field will be treated to a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Chicago White Sox when they take their seats on Thursday. Ace lefthander Scott Kazmir will take the mound for the Rays to start this game. Kazmir is 4-5 this season with a 6.62 ERA. Kazmir&#8217;s opponent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rays-white-sox-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rays-White Sox 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-4959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4959","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=4959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}