{"id":4309,"date":"2009-04-25T06:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/braves-reds-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-25T06:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T11:49:00","slug":"braves-reds-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/braves-reds-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Reds Lines 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 and the Cincinnati Reds will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Great<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>American<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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\">Ace <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Derek<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-1 this season with a 3.27 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Reds will counter <st2:Sn>Lowe<\/st2:Sn> with Bronson Arroyo. Righthander Arroyo has a 4.19 ERA to go along with a 3-0 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 135-moneyline favorites versus the Reds, 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 made good use of their opportunities on Friday, as they defeated the Reds 4-3. The Braves won the game at EVEN odds while the seven runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Francoeur<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered for the Braves, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Javier<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Vazquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> threw six innings for the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Joey<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Votto<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits and drove in one run for the Reds, wo were -120 favorites in that game. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Edinson<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Volquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered three runs over five innings in the loss. <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 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:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 8-8 SU<br \/>Cincinnati: 9-7 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 Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Cincinnati are 5-5<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 5-5<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<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 3-7 SU in its last 10 games <br \/>Atlanta is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati<br \/>Cincinnati is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Atlanta<br \/>Cincinnati is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Cincinnati is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, April 26<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 and the Cincinnati Reds will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Great American Ball Park. Ace Derek Lowe will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. Righthander Lowe is 1-1 this season with a 3.27 ERA. The Reds will counter Lowe &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/braves-reds-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Reds Lines 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-4309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4309","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=4309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}