{"id":5191,"date":"2009-08-07T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/indians-white-sox-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-07T09:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T14:14:00","slug":"indians-white-sox-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/indians-white-sox-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Indians-White Sox Odds 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 division rival Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox are set to renew hostilities on Friday when they meet at U.S. Cellular Field. <?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 Indians will trot Jeremy Sowers out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Sowers has a 2-7 record and a 5.35 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the White Sox will be ace <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Mark<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Buehrle<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The lefthander has a 3.79 ERA to go along with a 11-5 record 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 210-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, 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>Trevor<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Crowe<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> doubled in the winning run in the seventh ininng to give the Indians a 2-1 win over the Twins in the series finale last time out, as +135 underdogs. The team&#8217;s played UNDER that game&#8217;s 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>Tony<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Sipp<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed just over one inning of relief to record the victory, while <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Kerry<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Wood<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> turned away the side in the ninth for his 15<sup>th<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The White Sox were pounded 9-5 by the <st1:GivenName>Angels<\/st1:GivenName> last time out, as -155 favorites at home. That game&#8217;s 14 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\">Jayson Nix hit a three-run homer in a losing effort, while <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>John<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Danks<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was pounded for nine hits and seven runs over 6 1-3 innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place><st1:Sn>Cleveland<\/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 \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 46-62 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>SU<\/st1:GivenName><br \/><st1:Sn>Chicago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 56-53 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Chi White Sox are 1-9<br \/>After playing <st2:State><st2:place>Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 6-4<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 loss are 6-4<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 OVER in 5 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Cleveland is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Cleveland is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games <br \/>Cleveland is 5-11 SU in their last 16 games when playing on the road against Chi White Sox<br \/>Chi White Sox are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>Chi White Sox are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games at home<br \/>Chi White Sox are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games <br \/>Chi White Sox are 11-5 SU in their last 16 games when playing at home against Cleveland<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>Chi White Sox home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/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>The division rival Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox are set to renew hostilities on Friday when they meet at U.S. Cellular Field. The Indians will trot Jeremy Sowers out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Sowers has a 2-7 record and a 5.35 ERA this season. Starting this game for the White Sox &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/indians-white-sox-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indians-White Sox Odds 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-5191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191","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=5191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}