Thursday, May 22, 2008

Royals-Red Sox Pointers

The Kansas City Royals will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Thursday when they take on the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
Righthander Brian Bannister will take the mound for the Royals to start this game. Bannister is 4-5 this season with a 4.29 ERA.
Meanwhile, it'll be Daisuke Matsuzaka who starts for the Red Sox. Righthander Matsuzaka is 7-0 with a 2.15 ERA so far this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 235-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Red Sox rallied for four runs in the fifth-inning on Wednesday, as they defeated the Royals 6-3. The Red Sox won the game as -170 favorites, while the nine runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (10).
Jacoby Ellsbury went 3-for-4 at the plate with a solo home run for the Red Sox. Bartolo Colon gave up two runs off six hits over five innings of work to earn the victory.
David DeJesus had three hits and drove in one run for the Royals, who were +155 underdogs in that game. Brett Tomko allowed five runs over 4 1-3 innings to suffer the loss.
Current streak:
Kansas City has lost 3 straight games.
Boston has won 6 straight games.
Team records:
Kansas City: 21-25 SU
Boston: 30-19 SU
Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Toronto are 5-5
After playing Boston are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6

Boston most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 7-3
Before playing Oakland are 3-7
After playing Kansas City are 6-4
After a win are 7-3
A few trends to consider:
Kansas City is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing Boston
Kansas City is 5-16 SU in its last 21 games when playing on the road against Boston
Kansas City is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Kansas City is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Boston is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games when playing at home against Kansas City
Boston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Kansas City
Next up:
Kansas City at Toronto, Friday, May 23
Boston at Oakland, Friday, May 23
Stevie Vincent is the founder of the ground-breaking betting science of forensic handicapping and the former Executive Editor of the Freescoreboard Tailgate Party. His BetOnSports360 sports betting plays are available exclusively at OffshoreInsiders.com 
  

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