{"id":4249,"date":"2009-04-18T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/braves-pirates-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-18T08:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:16:00","slug":"braves-pirates-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/braves-pirates-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Pirates Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at PNC<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates when they take their seats on Saturday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jo-Jo<\/st2:GivenName> Reyes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Reyes<\/st2:Sn> has a 0-0 record and a 0.00 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Ian<\/st2:GivenName> Snell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Pirates in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Snell<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-2 with a 7.20 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Pirates listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Braves, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Paul<\/st2:GivenName> Maholm<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed a four-hit shutout through seven innings on Friday, as the Pirates defeated the Braves 3-0 in the series-opener. The Pirates won the game as -130 favorites, while the team’s played UNDER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Nate<\/st2:GivenName> McClouth<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 at the plate, including a two-run homer. Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Capps<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed a scoreless ninth to earn his third save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> Francoeur<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had three hits in the loss for the Braves, who were +110 underdogs. Jair<\/st2:GivenName> Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up four hits and one run over 6 2-3 innings in suffering the defeat. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 5-5 SU
Pittsburgh: 5-5 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Pittsburgh are 4-6
After playing Pittsburgh are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing Atlanta are 6-4
After playing Atlanta are 4-6
After a win are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Atlanta is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Atlanta is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Atlanta
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta
Pittsburgh is 8-17 SU in its last 25 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, April 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at PNC Park will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates when they take their seats on Saturday. The Braves will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Jo-Jo Reyes in this game. Reyes has a 0-0 record and a 0.00 ERA this season. It’ll be … Continue reading Braves-Pirates Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/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-4249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249","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=4249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}