{"id":5368,"date":"2009-08-24T06:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rays-vs-blue-jays-baseball-betting\/"},"modified":"2009-08-24T06:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T11:25:00","slug":"rays-vs-blue-jays-baseball-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rays-vs-blue-jays-baseball-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays vs Blue Jays Baseball Betting"},"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 division rival Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays are set to renew hostilities on Monday when they meet at Rogers Centre. <?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 = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Niemann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Niemann has a 11-5 record and a 3.59 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Roy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Halladay<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Blue Jays in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Halladay<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 13-6 with a 2.78 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 Blue Jays listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2: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\">The <st2:Sn>Rays<\/st2:Sn> lost to <st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 4-0 as a -150 favorite on Sunday. The four runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Price<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> after giving up three runs on three hits in seven innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Blue Jays defeated the <st2:Sn>Angels<\/st2:Sn> 8-3 as a -120 favorite on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (10). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Randy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ruiz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in three runs for <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Travis<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Snider<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-3 with a solo home run in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 67-56 SU<br \/>Toronto: 57-65 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tampa Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 6-4<br \/>After playing Texas are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Tampa Bay are 2-8<br \/>After playing LA Angels are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 4-6<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 6 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 7 games when playing on the road against Toronto<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Tampa Bay is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Toronto<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 13 games when playing Toronto<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto&#8217;s last 7 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Toronto&#8217;s last 13 games when playing Tampa Bay<br \/>Toronto is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay<br \/>Toronto is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Tuesday, August 25<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 division rival Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays are set to renew hostilities on Monday when they meet at Rogers Centre. The Rays will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Jeff Niemann in this game. Niemann has a 11-5 record and a 3.59 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be ace Roy Halladay &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/rays-vs-blue-jays-baseball-betting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rays vs Blue Jays Baseball Betting<\/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-5368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5368","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=5368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}