{"id":5173,"date":"2009-08-06T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/angels-white-sox-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-06T06:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T11:43:00","slug":"angels-white-sox-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/angels-white-sox-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels-White Sox 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 U.S. Cellular Field will be treated to a game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox when they take their seats on Thursday. <?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 = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Ervin<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Santana<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the <st1:Sn>Angels<\/st1:Sn> on this day. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Santana<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 4-6 this season with a 7.33 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>John<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Danks<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> who starts for the White Sox. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Danks<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 9-7 with a 4.00 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 White Sox listed as 150-moneyline favorites versus the <st1:Sn>Angels<\/st1:Sn>, 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\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Jim<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Thome<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> belted two home runs and drove in four runs on Wednesday, lifting the White Sox to a 6-2 victory over the <st1:Sn>Angels<\/st1:Sn>. The White Sox won the game as -145 favorites, while the eight runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Paul<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Konerko<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> also went deep for the White Sox, and <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Gavin<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Floyd<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> improved to 9-6 with the eight-inning performance. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:GivenName>Sean<\/st1:GivenName> O&#8217;Sullivan gave up six hits and four runs over five innings in suffering the loss for the <st1:Sn>Angels<\/st1:Sn>, who were +125 underdogs in that contest. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st2:City><st2:place><st1:Sn>Chicago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 63-42 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>SU<\/st1:GivenName><br \/><st1:Sn>Chicago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 56-52 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:City><st2:place>Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing <st2:State><st2:place>Texas<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> are 5-5<br \/>After playing Chi White Sox are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> are 7-3<br \/>After playing LA Angels are 6-4<br \/>After a win 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 \/>LA Angels are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games on the road<br \/>LA Angels are 17-5 SU in their last 22 games <br \/>LA Angels are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox<br \/>LA Angels are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox<br \/>Chi White Sox are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games at home<br \/>Chi White Sox are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games <br \/>Chi White Sox are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against LA Angels<br \/>Chi White Sox are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing LA Angels<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA <st1:Sn>Angels<\/st1:Sn> home to <st2:State><st2:place>Texas<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>, Friday, August 7<br \/>Chi White Sox home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Friday, August 7<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 U.S. Cellular Field will be treated to a game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox when they take their seats on Thursday. Ervin Santana will be the starting pitcher for the Angels on this day. Righthander Santana is 4-6 this season with a 7.33 ERA. Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/angels-white-sox-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Angels-White Sox 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-5173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5173","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=5173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}