{"id":1662,"date":"2008-08-20T06:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/braves-mets-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-08-20T06:52:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T11:52:00","slug":"braves-mets-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/braves-mets-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Mets 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 division rival Atlanta Braves and New York Mets are set to renew hostilities on Wednesday when they meet 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 give the ball to starter Jair Jurrjens in this one. Righthander Jurrjens is 11-8 this season with a 3.15 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be Michael Pelfrey toeing the rubber for the Mets in this contest. Righthander Pelfrey is 11-8 with a 3.91 ERA so far 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 150-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\">Carlos Delgado&#8217;s two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning was the difference, as the Mets defeated the Braves 7-3 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> cashed as -215 home favorites as the teams played over the 9.5-run total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Damion Easley drove in two runs for the Mets, while Aaron Heilman picked up the win in relief of <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> starter Oliver Perez. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chipper Jones went 2-for-3 with a run batted in for <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as Jeff Bennett took the loss after allowing the double to Delgado. <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 3 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>: 56-70 SU<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 69-57 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 Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 7-3<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 3-7<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 7-3<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 \/>Atlanta is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Mets<br \/>Atlanta is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>NY Mets are 7-1 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>NY Mets are 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta<br \/>NY Mets are 16-5 SU in its last 21 games at home<br \/>NY Mets are 1-4 SU in its last 5 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>, Thursday, August 21<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 division rival Atlanta Braves and New York Mets are set to renew hostilities on Wednesday when they meet at Shea Stadium. The Braves will give the ball to starter Jair Jurrjens in this one. Righthander Jurrjens is 11-8 this season with a 3.15 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Michael Pelfrey toeing the rubber for the Mets &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/braves-mets-pointers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Mets 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-1662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662","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=1662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}