{"id":6576,"date":"2009-05-01T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/indians-tigers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-01T07:23:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T12:23:00","slug":"indians-tigers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/indians-tigers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Indians-Tigers Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers will meet on the field at Comerica<\/st2:PlaceName> Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place> on Friday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Indians will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Carl<\/st1:GivenName> Pavano<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this game. Pavano has a 0-3 record and a 9.50 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Armando<\/st1:GivenName> Galarraga<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Tigers in this contest. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Galarraga<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 3-0 with a 1.85 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 168-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Indians were defeated 6-5 in 10 innings by the Red Sox last time out, as +110 underdogs. That game’s 11 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kelly<\/st1:GivenName> Shoppach<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> cracked a two-run homer, while Jensen<\/st1:GivenName> Lewis<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> surrendered the winning run and was tagged with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers were out-slugged 8-6 by the Yankees last time out, as +125 underdogs. That game’s 14 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Curtis<\/st1:GivenName> Granderson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> belted a three-run homer, while Rick<\/st1:GivenName> Porcello<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up six hits and six runs over 3 2-3 innings in suffering the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Detroit<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 8-14 SU
Detroit: 11-10 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Detroit are 7-3
After playing Boston are 2-8
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Detroit most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Cleveland are 4-6
After playing NY Yankees are 3-7
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland’s last 5 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland’s last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit’s last 6 games when playing at home against Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit’s last 5 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Detroit’s last 13 games at home
Detroit is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Detroit<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Saturday, May 2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers will meet on the field at Comerica Park on Friday in a battle of division rivals. The Indians will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Carl Pavano in this game. Pavano has a 0-3 record and a 9.50 ERA this season. It’ll be Armando Galarraga toeing … Continue reading Indians-Tigers Lines Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576","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=6576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}