{"id":5188,"date":"2009-08-07T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T13:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/orioles-blue-jays-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-07T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T13:56:00","slug":"orioles-blue-jays-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/orioles-blue-jays-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles-Blue Jays 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\">Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Friday when the Baltimore Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays meet at Rogers Centre. <?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>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:middlename>Jason<\/st1:middlename> <st1:Sn>Berken<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will take the mound for the Orioles to start this game. Berken is 1-9 this season with a 6.93 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Blue Jays will counter Berken with <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Ricky<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Romero<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Romero<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> has a 3.53 ERA to go along with a 10-4 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 175-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 fell 7-3 to the Tigers last time out, as +110 road underdogs. That game&#8217;s 10 runs made it OVER 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>Ty<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Wigginton<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> had two hits and drove in one run. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>David<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Hernandez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> allowed seven hits and five runs over three innings in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Blue Jays were doubled 8-4 by the Yankees last time out, as a -110 pick&#8217;em. That game&#8217;s 12 runs made it OVER 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>Adam<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Lind<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> had two hits, including a solo home run. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Marc<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Rzepczynski<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> surrendered four runs over six innings in the loss. <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 2 straight games.<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Toronto<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 2 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>: 45-63 SU<br \/>Toronto: 51-56 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 Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 5-5<br \/>After playing Detroit are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Baltimore are 3-7<br \/>After playing NY Yankees are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<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 7 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Toronto<br \/>Baltimore is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Toronto<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 10 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 14 games when playing on the road against Toronto<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Toronto<br \/>Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Baltimore<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Toronto&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Baltimore<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 10 of Toronto&#8217;s last 14 games when playing at home against 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>Toronto<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Saturday, August 8<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>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Friday when the Baltimore Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays meet at Rogers Centre. Righthander Jason Berken will take the mound for the Orioles to start this game. Berken is 1-9 this season with a 6.93 ERA. The Blue Jays will counter Berken with Ricky Romero. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/orioles-blue-jays-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orioles-Blue Jays 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-5188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5188","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=5188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}