{"id":6607,"date":"2009-05-14T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mariners-rangers-lines-preview-4\/"},"modified":"2009-05-14T07:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T12:42:00","slug":"mariners-rangers-lines-preview-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mariners-rangers-lines-preview-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners-Rangers 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\">The fans at Rangers Ballpark will be treated to a game between the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers when they take their seats on Thursday. <?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 Mariners will give the ball to starter <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Felix<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-2 this season with a 4.09 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Rangers will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Harrison<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The lefthander has a 4.79 ERA to go along with a 3-2 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, 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 Rangers scored two runs in the bottom of the 11<sup>th<\/sup> as they slipped past the Mariners 6-5, as -145 favorites. That game&#8217;s 11 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (10.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Kenji<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Johjima<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep for a two-run homer in a losing effort for the Mariners. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brandon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Morrow<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed two runs in relief. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 16-18 SU<br \/>Texas: 19-14 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Seattle most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Boston are 2-8<br \/>After playing Texas are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Texas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing LA Angels are 4-6<br \/>After playing Seattle are 7-3<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 \/>Seattle is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas<br \/>Seattle is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing Texas<br \/>Seattle is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>Seattle is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>Texas is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Seattle<br \/>Texas is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games <br \/>Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Seattle<br \/>Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, May 15<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to LA Angels, Friday, May 15<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>The fans at Rangers Ballpark will be treated to a game between the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers when they take their seats on Thursday. The Mariners will give the ball to starter Felix Hernandez in this one. Righthander Hernandez is 4-2 this season with a 4.09 ERA. Starting this game for the Rangers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mariners-rangers-lines-preview-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mariners-Rangers 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-6607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607","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=6607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}