{"id":5318,"date":"2009-08-18T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/angels-indians-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-18T07:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T12:47:00","slug":"angels-indians-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/angels-indians-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels-Indians Lines 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 Cleveland Indians will be trying to extend a winning streak on Tuesday when they take on the Los Angeles Angels at Progressive 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 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:Sn>Angels<\/st1:Sn> will give the ball to starter <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Trevor<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Bell<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this one. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Bell<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 0-0 this season with a 6.75 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Indians will be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Fausto<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Carmona<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The righthander has a 6.37 ERA to go along with a 2-7 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Indians listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the <st1:Sn>Angels<\/st1:Sn>, 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>Vladimir<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Guerrero<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was 4-for-5 with two dingers and five runs batted in to lead the <st1:Sn>Angels<\/st1:Sn> over the Orioles 8-5 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:City><st2:place>Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> won as +100 road underdogs as the game played OVER the 10-run total posted by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Indians defeated <st2:State><st2:place>Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> 7-4 as a +130 underdog on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Grady Sizemore hit a two-run home run for <st1:Sn>Cleveland<\/st1:Sn> and <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Kelly<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Shoppach<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> and <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Luis<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Valbuena<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> added solo shots in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 3 straight games.<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 \/><st2:City><st2:place>Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 71-45 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>SU<\/st1:GivenName><br \/><st1:Sn>Cleveland<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 51-66 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Cleveland are 4-6<br \/>After playing Baltimore are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing LA Angels are 6-4<br \/>After playing Minnesota are 8-2<br \/>After a win 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 \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland<br \/>LA Angels are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Angels&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>LA Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against LA Angels<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>Cleveland is 6-2 SU in their last 8 games when playing at home against LA Angels<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 21 games when playing LA Angels<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> home to LA Angels, Wednesday, August 19<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 Cleveland Indians will be trying to extend a winning streak on Tuesday when they take on the Los Angeles Angels at Progressive Field. The Angels will give the ball to starter Trevor Bell in this one. Righthander Bell is 0-0 this season with a 6.75 ERA. Starting this game for the Indians will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/angels-indians-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Angels-Indians Lines 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-5318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5318","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=5318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}