{"id":5206,"date":"2009-08-08T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-08T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/indians-white-sox-odds-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-08-08T09:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T14:05:00","slug":"indians-white-sox-odds-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/indians-white-sox-odds-preview-3\/","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 fans at U.S. Cellular Field will be treated to a game between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox when they take their seats on Saturday. <?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>Justin<\/st1:middlename> <st1:Sn>Masterson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will take the mound for the Indians to start this game. <st1:Sn>Masterson<\/st1:Sn> is 2-2 this season with a 4.59 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Carlos<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Torres<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the White Sox in this contest. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Torres<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 0-0 with a 4.50 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 133-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>Kelly<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Shoppach<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> blasted a pair of home runs on Friday night as the Indians scored a 6-2 upset victory over the White Sox. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Tribe got the win as +185 road underdogs in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the night&#8217;s posted total (9). <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> and <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Gordon<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Beckham<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> picked up RBI in that loss for <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>. <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 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has lost 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>: 47-62 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>SU<\/st1:GivenName><br \/><st1:Sn>Chicago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 56-54 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Chi White Sox are 2-8<br \/>After playing Chi White Sox are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Cleveland are 6-4<br \/>After playing Cleveland are 5-5<br \/>After a loss 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 \/>Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Cleveland is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>Cleveland is 2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing Chi White Sox<br \/>Chi White Sox are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>Chi White Sox are 7-3 SU in their last 10 games at home<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>, Sunday, August 9<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 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Righthander Justin Masterson will take the mound for the Indians to start this game. Masterson is 2-2 this season with a 4.59 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Carlos Torres &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/indians-white-sox-odds-preview-3\/\" 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-5206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206","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=5206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}