{"id":5373,"date":"2009-08-24T06:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/tigers-vs-angels-picks\/"},"modified":"2009-08-24T06:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T11:53:00","slug":"tigers-vs-angels-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/tigers-vs-angels-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers vs Angels Picks"},"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 Detroit Tigers will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the Los Angeles Angels at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Angel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Stadium<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <?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 Tigers will give the ball to ace starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Justin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Verlander<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Verlander<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 13-7 this season with a 3.29 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The <st2:Sn>Angels<\/st2:Sn> will counter Verlander with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jered<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Weaver<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Weaver<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 3.89 ERA to go along with a 13-4 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the <st2:Sn>Angels<\/st2:Sn> listed as 132-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, 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 Tigers lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 9-4 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The 13 runs scored went OVER 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>Miguel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cabrera<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-4 with a home run and two RBI for <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Curtis<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Granderson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> clubbed a solo homer. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The <st2:Sn>Angels<\/st2:Sn> lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 8-3 as a +110 underdog 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>Vladimir<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Guerrero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-5 with a run scored for the <st2:Sn>Angels<\/st2:Sn> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Trevor<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> lasted only 1 2-3 innings after surrendering six runs on six hits and four walks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 65-58 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 74-48 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Detroit most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing LA Angels are 4-6<br \/>After playing Oakland are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Detroit are 5-5<br \/>After playing Toronto are 8-2<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<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 9 of Detroit&#8217;s last 13 games when playing LA Angels<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against LA Angels<br \/>Detroit is 6-12 SU in their last 18 games when playing LA Angels<br \/>Detroit is 4-14 SU in its last 18 games on the road<br \/>LA Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games at home<br \/>LA Angels are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games when playing at home against Detroit<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 10 of LA Angels&#8217;s last 13 games at home<br \/>LA Angels are 9-4 SU in their last 13 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA <st2:Sn>Angels<\/st2:Sn> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, 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 Detroit Tigers will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium. The Tigers will give the ball to ace starter Justin Verlander in this one. Righthander Verlander is 13-7 this season with a 3.29 ERA. The Angels will counter Verlander with Jered &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/tigers-vs-angels-picks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tigers vs Angels Picks<\/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-5373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373","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=5373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}