{"id":5196,"date":"2009-08-07T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rays-mariners-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-07T09:32:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T14:32:00","slug":"rays-mariners-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rays-mariners-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays-Mariners Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Tampa Bay Rays and the Seattle Mariners will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Safeco Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rays<\/st2:Sn> will trot Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> Niemann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Niemann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 10-5 record and a 3.48 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Felix<\/st2:GivenName> Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Mariners in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 12-4 with a 2.78 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Mariners listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Rays<\/st2:Sn>, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rays<\/st2:Sn> completed a two-game sweep of the Red Sox 6-4 on Wednesday, as -150 favorites. That game’s 10 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Pena<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and Carl<\/st2:GivenName> Crawford<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted two-run homers to the way. David<\/st2:GivenName> Price<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched six innings for the win, and J.P.<\/st2:GivenName> Howell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> closed out the game with his 12th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Mariners were defeated 8-2 by the Royals last time out, as a -110 pick’em. That game’s 10 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adrian<\/st2:GivenName> Beltre<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 4-for-4 at the plate with a run scored, and Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Vargas<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed nine hits and eight runs over seven innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 60-48 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Seattle<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 56-52 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing Seattle are 4-6
After playing Boston are 5-5
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Tampa Bay’s last 9 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Tampa Bay’s last 18 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Tampa Bay’s last 9 games when playing Seattle
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seattle’s last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Seattle’s last 9 games when playing Tampa Bay
Seattle is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
Seattle is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay<\/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>, Saturday, August 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Tampa Bay Rays and the Seattle Mariners will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Safeco Field. The Rays will trot Jeff Niemann out to the mound in this one. Righthander Niemann has a 10-5 record and a 3.48 ERA this season. It’ll be Felix Hernandez toeing … Continue reading Rays-Mariners Lines 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-5196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196","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=5196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}