{"id":5177,"date":"2009-08-06T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/mariners-royals-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-06T07:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T12:26:00","slug":"mariners-royals-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/mariners-royals-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners-Royals Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Seattle Mariners and the Kansas City Royals will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Kauffman Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Vargas<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Mariners on this day. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Vargas<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-5 this season with a 4.96 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Vargas<\/st2:Sn>‘s opponent in this one will be Bruce<\/st2:GivenName> Chen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Royals lefthander has a 5.97 ERA to go along with a 0-5 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Royals listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Mariners scored six runs in the fourth inning to help them cruise past the Royals 11-6 on Wednesday, as a -110 pick’em. That game’s 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Russell<\/st2:GivenName> Branyan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and Jose<\/st2:GivenName> Lopez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had three RBIs apiece for the Mariners. Luke<\/st2:GivenName> French<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scattered nine hits and four runs over five innings for the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Billy<\/st2:GivenName> Butler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs for the Royals. Kyle<\/st2:GivenName> Davies<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was rocked for eight runs over 3 2-3 innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Seattle<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 56-51 SU
Kansas City: 41-66 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Seattle most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6
After playing Kansas City are 3-7
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Oakland are 5-5
After playing Seattle are 5-5
After a loss are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Seattle is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games on the road
Seattle is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
Seattle is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing Kansas City
Kansas City is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Seattle
Kansas City is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Seattle
Kansas City is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games
Kansas City is 1-10 SU in its last 11 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> home to Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Friday, August 7
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, August 7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Seattle Mariners and the Kansas City Royals will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Kauffman Stadium. Jason Vargas will be the starting pitcher for the Mariners on this day. Lefthander Vargas is 2-5 this season with a 4.96 ERA. Vargas‘s opponent in this one will be Bruce Chen. … Continue reading Mariners-Royals 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-5177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5177","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=5177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}