{"id":5718,"date":"2009-09-22T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-handicapping-yankees-vs-angels\/"},"modified":"2009-09-22T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T14:44:00","slug":"mlb-handicapping-yankees-vs-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-handicapping-yankees-vs-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Handicapping: Yankees vs Angels"},"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 New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Angel Stadium. <?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 Yankees will give the ball to starter Chad Gaudin in this one. Righthander Gaudin is 4-10 this season with a 4.90 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Angels will be Ervin Santana. The righthander has a 5.43 ERA to go along with a 7-8 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Angels listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Yankees, 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\">Winning pitcher Joe Saunders allowed two runs over 8 1-3 innings to lead the Angels past the Yankees 5-2 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -120 home favorites, while the game played UNDER the 9.5-run total posted by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Vladimir Guerrero was 2-for-4 with a run batted in for the Angels, who got a pinch-hit homer from Kendry Morales in the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Alex Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with a big fly for <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Andy Pettitte was handed the loss after giving up three runs over six innings for the Yankees. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 95-56 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 90-60 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing LA Angels are 6-4<br \/>After playing LA Angels are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 8-2<\/p>\n<p><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing NY Yankees are 6-4<br \/>After playing NY Yankees are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 6-4<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 4 of NY Yankees&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 12 of NY Yankees&#8217;s last 17 games when playing on the road against LA Angels<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 15 of NY Yankees&#8217;s last 22 games when playing LA Angels<br \/>NY Yankees are 16-8 SU in their last 24 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>LA Angels are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against NY Yankees<br \/>LA Angels are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 17 of LA Angels&#8217;s last 20 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Angels home to NY Yankees, Wednesday, September 23<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&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 New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Angel Stadium. The Yankees will give the ball to starter Chad Gaudin in this one. Righthander Gaudin is 4-10 this season with a 4.90 ERA. Starting this game for the Angels will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-handicapping-yankees-vs-angels\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MLB Handicapping: Yankees vs Angels<\/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-5718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5718","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=5718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}