Saturday, May 17, 2008

Royals-Marlins Preview

The Florida Marlins will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Saturday when they take on the Kansas City Royals at Dolphin Stadium.
Righthander Brian Bannister will take the mound for the Royals to start this game. Bannister is 4-4 this season with a 3.75 ERA.
Bannister's opponent in this one will be Scott Olsen. The Marlins lefthander has a 2.63 ERA to go along with a 4-1 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Marlins listed as 122-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Royals scored the winning run in the 10th inning Friday to get past the Marlins 7-6 as +130 underdogs. The 13 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9).
Jose Guillen went 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs for the Royals. Brett Tomko allowed two runs off five hits over six innings in the loss.
Dan Uggla homered and finished 3-for-3 at the plate for the Marlins, who were -145 favorites. Andrew Miller surrendered four runs in five innings of work.
Current streak:
Kansas City has won 5 straight games.
Florida has lost 4 straight games.
Team records:
Kansas City: 20-21 SU
Florida: 23-18 SU
Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Florida are 5-2
After playing Florida are 3-3
After a win are 6-4

Florida most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing Kansas City are 3-4
After playing Kansas City are 2-4
After a loss are 5-5
A few trends to consider:
Kansas City is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Kansas City is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Florida
Kansas City is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Florida is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Kansas City
Florida is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Next up:
Florida home to Kansas City, Sunday, May 18
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