{"id":5165,"date":"2009-08-05T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/red-sox-rays-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-05T06:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T11:15:00","slug":"red-sox-rays-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/red-sox-rays-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Rays Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays will meet on the field at Tropicana Field on Wednesday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Brad<\/st1:GivenName> Penny<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this game. Penny<\/st1:GivenName> has a 7-5 record and a 5.07 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Penny<\/st1:GivenName>‘s opponent in this one will be David<\/st1:GivenName> Price<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The Rays<\/st1:GivenName> lefthander has a 5.10 ERA to go along with a 4-4 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rays<\/st1:Sn> listed as 128-moneyline favorites versus the Red Sox, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Evan<\/st1:GivenName> Longoria’s two-run, walk-off shot in the bottom of the 13th<\/sup> inning lifted the Rays<\/st1:Sn> over the Red Sox 4-2 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tampa<\/st2:PlaceName> Bay<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place> won as a -110 home pick ’em, as the game played UNDER the 8.5-run total listed by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Longoria also homered to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth inning for the Rays<\/st1:Sn>, while Lance<\/st1:GivenName> Cormier<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter Matt<\/st1:GivenName> Garza<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> for Tampa<\/st2:PlaceName> Bay<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kevin<\/st1:GivenName> Youkilis<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> and Dustin<\/st1:GivenName> Pedroia<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went yard for Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, as Takashi<\/st1:GivenName> Saito<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was tagged with the loss after allowing Longoria’s dinger in the bottom of the 13th<\/sup> inning. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Tampa<\/st2:PlaceName> Bay<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 62-43 SU
Tampa<\/st2:PlaceName> Bay<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>: 59-48 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4
Before playing NY Yankees are 6-4
After playing Tampa Bay are 4-6
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Seattle are 4-6
After playing Boston are 5-5
After a win are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Boston is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Boston is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing Tampa Bay
Boston is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Boston
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at NY Yankees, Thursday, August 6
Tampa<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> Bay at Seattle<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Friday, August 7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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