{"id":5034,"date":"2009-07-28T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/royals-orioles-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-28T08:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T13:55:00","slug":"royals-orioles-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/royals-orioles-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals-Orioles 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 Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore Orioles will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Camden Yards. <?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>Brian<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bannister<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Royals on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bannister<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-7 this season with a 3.68 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Berken<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Orioles. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Berken<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-8 with a 6.55 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 Orioles listed as 130-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>Billy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Butler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 5-for-5 with three runs batted in to lead the Royals over the Orioles 5-3 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as +130 road underdogs as the game played UNDER the 10.5-run total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mark<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Teahen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-5 with an RBI for the Royals, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Robinson<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Tejeda<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Bruce<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Chen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for <st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Adam<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jones<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had a solo homer and two RBIs for <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Albers<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was handed the loss after coming into the game for Orioles starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Rich<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hill<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 39-59 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Baltimore<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 42-56 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kansas City most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Baltimore are 2-8<br \/>After playing Baltimore are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Kansas City are 6-4<br \/>After playing Kansas City 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 \/>The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Kansas City&#8217;s last 15 games on the road<br \/>Kansas City is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Baltimore<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Baltimore<br \/>Kansas City is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>Baltimore is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Kansas City<br \/>Baltimore is 16-6 SU in its last 22 games when playing Kansas City<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>Baltimore<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, July 29<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<div>&nbsp;<\/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 Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore Orioles will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Camden Yards. Brian Bannister will be the starting pitcher for the Royals on this day. Righthander Bannister is 6-7 this season with a 3.68 ERA. Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be Jason Berken who starts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/royals-orioles-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Royals-Orioles 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-5034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5034","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=5034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}