{"id":5934,"date":"2009-10-08T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/mlb-handicapping-red-sox-vs-angels\/"},"modified":"2009-10-08T07:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-08T12:10:00","slug":"mlb-handicapping-red-sox-vs-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/mlb-handicapping-red-sox-vs-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Handicapping: Red Sox vs Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Boston Red Sox will battle the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on Thursday in Game 1 of their ALDS. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox will give the ball to starter Jon Lester in this one. Lefthander Lester is 15-8 this season with a 3.41 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lester’s opponent in this one will be John Lackey. The Angels ace righthander has a 3.83 ERA to go along with a 11-8 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Angels, while the game’s total is sitting at 8. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jed Lowrie smashed a grand slam, as the Red Sox dumped the Indians 12-7 on Sunday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as -230 home favorites, while the game played OVER the 10-run total posted by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike Napoli was 2-for-3 with a solo shot, as the Angels got past the Athletics 5-3 on Sunday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -135 road favorites, while the teams played UNDER the 9-run total set by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 95-67 SU
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 97-65 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 7-3
Before playing LA Angels are 6-4
After playing Cleveland are 7-3
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Boston are 4-6
After playing Oakland are 8-2
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston’s last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Boston’s last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston’s last 6 games when playing LA Angels
LA Angels are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels’s last 6 games
LA Angels are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games at home
LA Angels are 14-7 SU in their last 21 games when playing Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
LA Angels home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, October 9<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The Boston Red Sox will battle the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on Thursday in Game 1 of their ALDS. The Red Sox will give the ball to starter Jon Lester in this one. Lefthander Lester is 15-8 this season with a 3.41 ERA. Lester’s opponent in this one will be John Lackey. The … Continue reading MLB Handicapping: Red Sox vs Angels<\/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-5934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5934","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=5934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}