{"id":5729,"date":"2009-09-24T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-odds-tigers-vs-indians\/"},"modified":"2009-09-24T07:29:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T12:29:00","slug":"mlb-odds-tigers-vs-indians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-odds-tigers-vs-indians\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Odds: Tigers vs Indians"},"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\">Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Thursday when the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians meet 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 Tigers will give the ball to ace starter Justin Verlander in this one. Righthander Verlander is 16-9 this season with a 3.44 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be Carlos Carrasco toeing the rubber for the Indians in this contest. Righthander Carrasco is 0-2 with a 9.64 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 Tigers listed as 220-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, 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\">Carlos Guillen launched two home runs in leading the Tigers to an 11-3 rout of the Indians on Wednesday. The Tigers won that game as -115 favorites, and the 14 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Miguel Cabrera belted a two-run homer and drove in three runs for the Tigers. Rick Porcello earned the win, allowing six hits and one run over five innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Travis Hafner drove in a pair of runs for the Indians, who were +105 underdogs. Justin Masterson gave up eight runs over four innings in suffering the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 10 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>: 81-70 SU<br \/>Cleveland: 61-90 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 Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Chi White Sox are 8-2<br \/>After playing Cleveland are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Baltimore are 7-3<br \/>After playing Detroit are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 1-9<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>Detroit is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Cleveland<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Detroit&#8217;s last 15 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 15 games when playing Detroit<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 21 games at home<br \/>Cleveland is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Detroit<br \/>Cleveland is 1-7 SU in its last 8 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>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Chi White Sox, Friday, September 25<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, September 25<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>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Thursday when the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians meet at Progressive Field. The Tigers will give the ball to ace starter Justin Verlander in this one. Righthander Verlander is 16-9 this season with a 3.44 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Carlos Carrasco toeing the rubber for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-odds-tigers-vs-indians\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MLB Odds: Tigers vs Indians<\/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-5729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5729","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=5729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}