{"id":1655,"date":"2008-08-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/braves-mets-pointspread-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-08-19T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T12:00:00","slug":"braves-mets-pointspread-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/braves-mets-pointspread-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Mets Pointspread Pointers"},"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 Atlanta Braves will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. <?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 Braves will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jo-Jo Reyes in this game. Reyes has a 3-9 record and a 4.95 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Mets will counter Reyes with Oliver Perez. Lefthander Perez has a 3.91 ERA to go along with a 9-7 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 210-moneyline favorites versus the Braves, 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\">Jorge Campillo allowed five runs over 6 2-3 innings for <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in its 5-0 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Monday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as +165 road underdogs as the game played under the 8.5-run total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado drove in runs for <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in its 5-2 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Monday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as +120 underdogs as the teams played under the 8.5-run total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 56-69 SU<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 68-57 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 8-2<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 3-7<br \/>After playing Pittsburgh are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 8 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 11 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>NY Mets are 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>NY Mets are 15-5 SU in its last 20 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Atlanta<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>NY Mets home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, August 20<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&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 Atlanta Braves will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. The Braves will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jo-Jo Reyes in this game. Reyes has a 3-9 record and a 4.95 ERA this season. The Mets will counter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/braves-mets-pointspread-pointers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Mets Pointspread Pointers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1655","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=1655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}