{"id":5137,"date":"2009-08-03T08:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/orioles-tigers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-03T08:09:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T13:09:00","slug":"orioles-tigers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/orioles-tigers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles-Tigers 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 fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:place><st2:PlaceName>Comerica<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place> will be treated to a game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers when they take their seats on Monday. <?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\">The Orioles will trot <st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Chris<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Tillman<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Tillman<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> has a 0-0 record and a 5.78 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be ace <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Justin<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Verlander<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Tigers in this contest. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Verlander<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 12-5 with a 3.16 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 Tigers listed as 310-moneyline favorites versus the Orioles, 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 Orioles lost to <st2:City><st2:place>Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> 18-10 as a +140 underdog on Sunday. The 28 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Adam<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Jones<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> homered and drove in three runs for <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, while <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Jason<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Berken<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> lasted only 1 1-3 innings after giving up six runs on seven hits. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Tigers lost to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> 11-1 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The 12 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Ramon<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Santiago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in the Tigers lone run and <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Armando<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Galarraga<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was ripped for eight runs on 11 hits in 5 2-3 innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> 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 \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 44-60 SU<br \/>Detroit: 54-49 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Baltimore most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Detroit are 7-3<br \/>After playing Boston are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Detroit most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Baltimore are 5-5<br \/>After playing Cleveland are 5-5<br \/>After a loss 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 Baltimore&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Detroit<br \/>Baltimore is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>Detroit is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Detroit&#8217;s last 24 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Baltimore<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Detroit<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Tuesday, August 4<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 Comerica Park will be treated to a game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers when they take their seats on Monday. The Orioles will trot Chris Tillman out to the mound in this one. Righthander Tillman has a 0-0 record and a 5.78 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be ace Justin &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/orioles-tigers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orioles-Tigers 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-5137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5137","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=5137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}