Sunday, August 03, 2008

Tigers-Rays Who Will Cover?

The Detroit Tigers will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Sunday when they take on the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.
The Tigers will give the ball to starter Armando Galarraga in this one. Righthander Galarraga is 9-4 this season with a 3.20 ERA.
It'll be James Shields toeing the rubber for the Rays in this contest. Righthander Shields is 9-7 with a 3.66 ERA so far this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Tigers, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
Evan Longoria homered and drove in three runs to lead the Devil Rays to a 9-3 win over the Tigers as -120 favorites on Saturday. The game's 12 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9.5).
Longoria finished 3-for-5 at the plate, and Carl Crawford had two RBIs for the Rays. Andy Sonnanstine picked up his 11th victory, allowing two runs off seven hits over six innings.
Miguel Cabrera went 3-for-3 at the plate with one RBI for the Tigers, who were +105 underdogs in that game. Kenny Rogers was tagged for seven runs in just 3 1-3 innings in the loss.
Current streak:
Detroit has lost 3 straight games.
Tampa Bay has won 4 straight games.
Team records:
Detroit: 55-55 SU
Tampa Bay: 65-44 SU
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 2-8
Before playing Chi White Sox are 4-6
After playing Tampa Bay are 3-7
After a loss are 4-6

Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing Cleveland are 1-9
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a win are 5-5
A few trends to consider:
Detroit is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Detroit is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Detroit is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
Detroit is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Detroit
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Next up:
Detroit at Chi White Sox, Tuesday, August 5
Tampa Bay home to Cleveland, Monday, August 4

 

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