{"id":6577,"date":"2009-05-01T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/orioles-blue-jays-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-01T07:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T12:25:00","slug":"orioles-blue-jays-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/orioles-blue-jays-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles-Blue Jays Lines Preview"},"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 Friday when the Baltimore Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays meet at Rogers Centre. <?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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:middlename>Mark<\/st1:middlename> <st1:Sn>Hendrickson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will take the mound for the Orioles to start this game. Hendrickson is 1-3 this season with a 5.40 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Hendrickson&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Roy<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Halladay<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The Blue Jays ace righthander has a 3.75 ERA to go along with a 4-1 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 260-moneyline favorites versus the Orioles, 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\">The Orioles lost 3-2 to the <st1:GivenName>Angels<\/st1:GivenName> last time out, as -165 favorites at home. That game&#8217;s five runs went UNDER the day&#8217;s posted over\/under (10.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Nick<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Markakis<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> and Aubrey Huff drove in the runs of the Orioles. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Koji<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Uehara<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up three runs off seven hits over 6 1-3 innings on the mound. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Blue Jays dropped an 8-6 decision to the Royals on Thursday, and lost their first series of the season. Oddsmakers had the Blue Jays as +110 underdogs in that game, while the team&#8217;s played OVER the posted over\/under (10). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Adam<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Lind<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> belted a two-run homer for the Blue Jays. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Brian<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Burres<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> failed to get into the win column, as he surrendered six runs over two innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has lost 3 straight games.<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Toronto<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 9-13 SU<br \/>Toronto: 15-9 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Baltimore most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Toronto are 4-6<br \/>After playing LA Angels are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Baltimore are 6-4<br \/>After playing Kansas City are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 9-1<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 OVER in 6 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 11 games when playing on the road against Toronto<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 16 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 23 games when playing Toronto<br \/>Toronto is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Baltimore<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Toronto&#8217;s last 11 games when playing at home against Baltimore<br \/>Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Baltimore<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Toronto<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Saturday, May 2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&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 Friday when the Baltimore Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays meet at Rogers Centre. Lefthander Mark Hendrickson will take the mound for the Orioles to start this game. Hendrickson is 1-3 this season with a 5.40 ERA. Hendrickson&#8217;s opponent in this one will be Roy Halladay. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/orioles-blue-jays-lines-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orioles-Blue Jays Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-6577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6577","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=6577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}