{"id":5943,"date":"2009-10-09T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/mlb-betting-red-sox-vs-angels\/"},"modified":"2009-10-09T07:54:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-09T12:54:00","slug":"mlb-betting-red-sox-vs-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/mlb-betting-red-sox-vs-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting: Red Sox 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 Boston Red Sox will take on the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on Friday in Game 2 of their ALDS. <?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 Red Sox will give the ball to ace starter Josh Beckett in this one. Righthander Beckett is 17-6 this season with a 3.86 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 Jered Weaver. The righthander has a 3.75 ERA to go along with a 16-8 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">John Lackey combined on a four-hit shutout on Thursday as the Angels defeated the Red Sox 5-0 in Game 1 of the series. The Angels won the game as a -110 pick&#8217;em, while the teams played UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Torii Hunter launched a three-run homer to lead the Angels, and Kendry Morales also drove in a run. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jon Lester gave up three runs off four hits over six innings in the loss for <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 95-67 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 97-65 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing LA Angels are 7-3<br \/>After playing LA Angels are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Boston are 4-6<br \/>After playing Boston are 5-5<br \/>After a win 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 \/>Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston&#8217;s last 5 games when playing LA Angels<br \/>Boston is 7-15 SU in their last 22 games when playing LA Angels<br \/>Boston is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Angels<br \/>LA Angels are 8-1 SU in their last 9 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Angels&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>LA Angels are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Angels&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Boston<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Angels at <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 11<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>All professional handicappers are proud to show off the amount of research that goes into a pick.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>If a handicapper gives you no rationale, rest assured you just paid for a coin flip.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>Get accurate analysis for every pick at <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godstips.com\/\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>GodsTips.com<\/font><\/a><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/font><o:p><\/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 Boston Red Sox will take on the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on Friday in Game 2 of their ALDS. The Red Sox will give the ball to ace starter Josh Beckett in this one. Righthander Beckett is 17-6 this season with a 3.86 ERA. Starting this game for the Angels will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/mlb-betting-red-sox-vs-angels\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MLB Betting: Red Sox 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-5943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5943","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=5943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}