{"id":5087,"date":"2009-07-31T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/red-sox-orioles-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-31T06:18:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T11:18:00","slug":"red-sox-orioles-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/red-sox-orioles-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Orioles Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Camden Yards. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox will trot John<\/st2:GivenName> Smoltz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Smoltz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 1-4 record and a 7.04 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be ace Jeremy<\/st2:GivenName> Guthrie<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Orioles in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Guthrie<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-9 with a 5.21 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Orioles, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David Ortiz launched a three-run homer in helping the Red Sox defeat the A’s 8-5 for a split of the four-game set on Thursday, as -400 favorites. That game’s 13 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Varitek<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate and drove in three runs for the Red Sox. Manny Delcarmen got the win in relief, and Jonathan<\/st2:GivenName> Papelbon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> closed out the game for his 26th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Orioles won the backend of a four-game series with a 7-3 victory on Thursday, as -165 favorites. That game’s 10 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Aubrey Huff went 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs for the Orioles. Brad<\/st2:GivenName> Bergesen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 7-5 with the win, allowing seven hits and one run. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Baltimore<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 59-42 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Baltimore<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 44-57 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
Before playing Baltimore are 7-3
After playing Oakland are 5-5
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Baltimore most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Boston are 1-9
After playing Kansas City are 5-5
After a win are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston’s last 5 games on the road
Boston is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games when playing Baltimore
Boston is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Baltimore
Boston is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games
Baltimore is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
Baltimore is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games
Baltimore is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Boston
Baltimore is 2-11 SU in its last 13 games when playing Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Baltimore<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, August 1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Camden Yards. The Red Sox will trot John Smoltz out to the mound in this one. Righthander Smoltz has a 1-4 record and a 7.04 ERA this season. It’ll be ace Jeremy Guthrie toeing … Continue reading Red Sox-Orioles 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-5087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5087","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=5087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}