{"id":1917,"date":"2008-09-11T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-11T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/rockies-braves-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-09-11T07:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-11T12:21:00","slug":"rockies-braves-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/rockies-braves-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies-Braves Preview"},"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 trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Colorado Rockies at Turner Field. <?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\">Ubaldo Jimenez will be the starting pitcher for the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> on this day. Righthander Jimenez is 10-12 this season with a 4.20 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jimenez&#8217;s opponent in this one will be Jair Jurrjens. The Braves righthander has a 3.54 ERA to go along with a 12-9 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>, 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\">The Braves scored five runs in the seventh inning en route to a 9-5 win over the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> as a -145 favorite on Wednesday. The combined 14 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (10). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kelly Johnson belted two home runs for the Braves, and Josh Anderson knocked in two runs. Jeff Bennett got the win in relief. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jeff Baker went 2-for-5 with two RBIs for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>, who were +125 underdogs in that game. Luis Vizcaino gave up three runs in relief and was saddled with the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 4 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 67-79 SU<br \/>Atlanta: 64-82 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 6-4<br \/>After playing <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 6-4<br \/>After playing <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Colorado is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Colorado is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Colorado is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>Atlanta is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Colorado<br \/>Atlanta is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Atlanta is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Atlanta is 8-15 SU in its last 23 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to LA Dodgers, Friday, September 12<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at NY Mets, Friday, September 12<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&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 trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Colorado Rockies at Turner Field. Ubaldo Jimenez will be the starting pitcher for the Rockies on this day. Righthander Jimenez is 10-12 this season with a 4.20 ERA. Jimenez&#8217;s opponent in this one will be Jair Jurrjens. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/rockies-braves-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockies-Braves Preview<\/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-1917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917","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=1917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}