{"id":5051,"date":"2009-07-29T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/indians-angels-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-29T07:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T12:34:00","slug":"indians-angels-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/indians-angels-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Indians-Angels Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Angel<\/st2:GivenName> Stadium<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be treated to a game between the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Angels when they take their seats on Wednesday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Indians will give the ball to starter Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> Laffey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Laffey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-1 this season with a 3.73 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be ace John<\/st2:GivenName> Lackey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Angels<\/st2:Sn> in this contest. Righthander Lackey is 6-4 with a 4.22 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Angels<\/st2:Sn> listed as 180-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Gary<\/st2:GivenName> Matthews’ three-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning broke a 4-4 tie, as the Angels<\/st2:Sn> went on to clip the Indians 7-6 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -210 home favorites as the game played OVER the 10-run total listed by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Erick<\/st2:GivenName> Aybar<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a run batted in for the Angels<\/st2:Sn>, while Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Palmer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was the winning pitcher in relief of starter Jared<\/st2:GivenName> Weaver<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jhonny<\/st2:GivenName> Peralta<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo blast and had two RBIs for Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, as David<\/st2:GivenName> Huff<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed five runs over seven innings to take the loss for the Indians. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 42-59 SU
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 59-40 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 1-9
Before playing Detroit are 4-6
After playing LA Angels are 4-6
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 9-1
Before playing Minnesota are 6-4
After playing Cleveland are 6-4
After a win are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland’s last 5 games on the road
Cleveland is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Cleveland is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels’s last 5 games
LA Angels are 9-2 SU in their last 11 games
LA Angels are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 31
LA Angels at Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, July 31<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The fans at Angel Stadium will be treated to a game between the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Angels when they take their seats on Wednesday. The Indians will give the ball to starter Aaron Laffey in this one. Lefthander Laffey is 3-1 this season with a 3.73 ERA. It’ll be ace John Lackey … Continue reading Indians-Angels Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/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-5051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5051","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=5051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}