{"id":5707,"date":"2009-09-21T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-handicapping-red-sox-vs-royals\/"},"modified":"2009-09-21T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T12:45:00","slug":"mlb-handicapping-red-sox-vs-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-handicapping-red-sox-vs-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Handicapping: Red Sox vs Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Boston Red Sox will be trying to extend a winning streak on Monday when they take on the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Tim Wakefield in this game. Wakefield<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has a 11-4 record and a 4.22 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Lenny Dinardo toeing the rubber for the Royals in this contest. Lefthander Dinardo is 0-1 with a 5.23 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 167-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> hit his 35th<\/sup> home run of the season on Sunday afternoon to lead the Red Sox to a 9-3 win over the Orioles. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox were winners as -160 road favorites in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day’s posted total (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Willie Bloomquist had two hits and scored a run on Sunday afternoon as the Royals edged the White Sox for a 2-1 victory. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Royals were winners as +118 road underdogs in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the day’s posted total (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 89-59 SU
Kansas City: 61-88 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Monday are 7-3
Before playing Kansas City are 8-2
After playing Baltimore are 8-2
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Monday are 1-9
Before playing Boston are 3-7
After playing Chi White Sox are 5-5
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Kansas City
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
Kansas City is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Kansas City is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City’s last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City’s last 8 games when playing at home against Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, September 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Boston Red Sox will be trying to extend a winning streak on Monday when they take on the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Tim Wakefield in this game. Wakefield has a 11-4 record and a 4.22 ERA this season. It’ll be … Continue reading MLB Handicapping: Red Sox vs Royals<\/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-5707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5707","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=5707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}