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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Blue Jays vs Red Sox Baseball Odds

Courtesy of OddsShark.com:

The division rival Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox are set to renew hostilities on Saturday when they meet at Fenway Park.
Ricky Romero will be the starting pitcher for the Blue Jays on this day. Lefthander Romero is 10-7 this season with a 3.43 ERA.
Meanwhile, it'll be Daisuke Matsuzaka who starts for the Red Sox. Righthander Matsuzaka is 8-4 with a 4.17 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 138-moneyline favorites versus the Blue Jays, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
Lyle Overbay hit two homers and drove in seven runs as the Blue Jays tore apart the Red Sox 16-2 on Friday. The Blue Jays won that game as +165 underdogs, while the 18 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (8) set by sportsbooks.
Brett Cecil gave up nine hits and two runs over 6 2-3 innings for the Blue Jays, improving to 10-6 with the win.
Jon Lester surrendered nine runs off eight hits in two innings in the Red Sox loss.
Current streak:
Boston has lost 2 straight games.
Team records:
Toronto: 64-57 SU
Boston: 69-54 SU
Toronto most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing Boston are 4-6
After playing Boston are 7-3
After a win are 5-5

Boston most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Toronto are 7-3
After playing Toronto are 4-6
After a loss are 7-3
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing Boston
Toronto is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Toronto's last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Boston's last 7 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 7 games when playing at home against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Boston's last 10 games
Boston is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games when playing Toronto
Next up:
Boston home to Toronto, Sunday, August 22

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