{"id":5224,"date":"2009-08-10T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-10T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rays-angels-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-10T06:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-10T11:02:00","slug":"rays-angels-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rays-angels-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays-Angels Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Tampa Bay Rays and the Los Angeles Angels will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Angel<\/st2:GivenName> Stadium<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rays<\/st2:Sn> will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Garza<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Garza<\/st2:Sn> has a 7-8 record and a 3.63 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Garza<\/st2:Sn>‘s opponent in this one will be Sean<\/st2:GivenName> O’Sullivan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Angels<\/st2:GivenName> righthander has a 4.39 ERA to go along with a 2-1 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rays<\/st2:Sn> listed as 123-moneyline favorites versus the Angels<\/st2:Sn>, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rays<\/st2:Sn> lost to Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> 11-2 as a -140 favorite on Sunday. The 13 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dioner Navarro hit a two-run home run for Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> and Scott<\/st2:GivenName> Kazmir<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was ripped for seven runs on nine hits in 4 1-3 innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Angels<\/st2:Sn> lost to Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 7-0 as a -185 favorite on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
John<\/st2:GivenName> Lackey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss for the Angels<\/st2:Sn> after giving up four runs in eight hits in 6 2-3 innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 61-50 SU
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 65-44 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing LA Angels are 6-4
After playing Seattle are 7-3
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Monday are 8-2
Before playing Tampa Bay are 2-8
After playing Texas are 4-6
After a loss are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Tampa Bay’s last 24 games on the road
LA Angels are 10-1 SU in their last 11 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 8 of LA Angels’s last 10 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Angels’s last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 15 of LA Angels’s last 19 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
LA Angels<\/st2:Sn> home to Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Tuesday, August 11<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Tampa Bay Rays and the Los Angeles Angels will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Angel Stadium. The Rays will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Matt Garza in this game. Garza has a 7-8 record and a 3.63 ERA this season. Garza‘s opponent in this … Continue reading Rays-Angels 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-5224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5224","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=5224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}