{"id":5002,"date":"2009-07-26T05:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-26T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rays-blue-jays-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-26T05:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-26T10:53:00","slug":"rays-blue-jays-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rays-blue-jays-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays-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 Tampa Bay Rays will be trying to extend a winning streak on Sunday when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. <?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 = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Jeff<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Niemann<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the <st1:Sn>Rays<\/st1:Sn> on this day. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Niemann<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 9-4 this season with a 3.45 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Blue Jays will counter Niemann with <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Brett<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Cecil<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Cecil<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> has a 4.73 ERA to go along with a 3-1 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the <st1:Sn>Rays<\/st1:Sn> listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Blue Jays, 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 <st1:Sn>Rays<\/st1:Sn> erased a eight-run deficit and came back to defeat the Blue Jays 10-9 on Saturday, as a -105 pick&#8217;em. The game&#8217;s 19 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\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Carlos<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Pena<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> homered and drove in four runs to lead the <st1:Sn>Rays<\/st1:Sn>. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>J.P.<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Howell<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> earned the win in relief, and <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Joe<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Nelson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> picked up his third save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Aaron<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Hill<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 3-for-6 at the plate with two home runs and three runs batted in for the Blue Jays. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Shawn<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Camp<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up the winning run in suffering the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:place><st2:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Bay<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Toronto<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:place><st2:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Bay<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>: 54-44 SU<br \/>Toronto: 47-51 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 Sunday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing NY Yankees are 7-3<br \/>After playing Toronto are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Seattle are 8-2<br \/>After playing Tampa Bay are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Toronto<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Toronto&#8217;s last 9 games when playing Tampa Bay<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Toronto&#8217;s last 12 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Toronto&#8217;s last 12 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Tampa<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> Bay home to NY Yankees, Monday, July 27<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Toronto<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Seattle<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Monday, July 27<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 will be trying to extend a winning streak on Sunday when they take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Jeff Niemann will be the starting pitcher for the Rays on this day. Righthander Niemann is 9-4 this season with a 3.45 ERA. The Blue Jays will counter Niemann with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/rays-blue-jays-lines-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rays-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-5002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002","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=5002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}