{"id":5249,"date":"2009-08-13T06:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T11:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/tigers-red-sox-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-13T06:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T11:47:00","slug":"tigers-red-sox-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/tigers-red-sox-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers-Red Sox Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Detroit Tigers will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Thursday when they take on the Boston Red Sox at Fenway<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Justin<\/st2:GivenName> Verlander<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Verlander has a 12-6 record and a 3.45 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox will counter Verlander with Clay<\/st2:GivenName> Buchholz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Buchholz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 5.33 ERA to go along with a 1-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 102-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> went 3-for-3 with a two-run homer in leading the Red Sox to a third straight win against the Tigers, prevailing 8-2 on Wednesday. The Red Sox won that game as -280 favorites, and the 10 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike<\/st2:GivenName> Lowell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had three hits with two runs batted in and two runs scored for the Red Sox. Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Beckett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 14-4 with the win, allowing just three hits and two runs over seven innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Guillen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 with a solo home run for the Tigers, who were +240 underdogs. Zach<\/st2:GivenName> Miner<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up seven hits and five runs over 4 2-3 innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 59-54 SU
Boston: 65-48 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 3-7
Before playing Kansas City are 3-7
After playing Boston are 3-7
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Boston most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Texas are 5-5
After playing Detroit are 6-4
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Detroit is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Detroit is 2-12 SU in its last 14 games on the road
Detroit is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Boston
Detroit is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Boston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Detroit
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Boston is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, August 14
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, August 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Detroit Tigers will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Thursday when they take on the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. The Tigers will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Justin Verlander in this game. Verlander has a 12-6 record and a 3.45 ERA this season. The Red Sox … Continue reading Tigers-Red Sox 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-5249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5249","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=5249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}