{"id":4319,"date":"2009-05-02T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/astros-braves-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-02T07:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T12:59:00","slug":"astros-braves-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/astros-braves-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Braves Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Turner Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros will give the ball to ace starter Roy<\/st1:GivenName> Oswalt<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Oswalt<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 0-2 this season with a 3.94 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Braves will be Jair<\/st1:GivenName> Jurrjens<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The righthander has a 1.72 ERA to go along with a 2-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jeff<\/st1:GivenName> Francoeur<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in three runs to lead the Braves to a 7-2 victory over the Astros, as -170 favorites last time out. That game’s nine runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Omar Infante and Yunel<\/st1:GivenName> Escobar<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in two runs apiece for the Braves. Derek<\/st1:GivenName> Lowe<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> allowed eight hits and two runs over 6 2-3 innings in picking up the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lance<\/st1:GivenName> Berkman<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> and Mike<\/st1:GivenName> Hampton<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in the runs for the Astros, who were +150 underdogs. Hampton<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> gave up five hits and six runs in just over four innings of work in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 9-14 SU
Atlanta: 11-11 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 8-2
Before playing Atlanta are 5-5
After playing Atlanta are 6-4
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Houston are 4-6
After playing Houston are 3-7
After a win are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Houston is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Atlanta is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Houston
Atlanta is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Atlanta<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Sunday, May 3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Turner Field. The Astros will give the ball to ace starter Roy Oswalt in this one. Righthander Oswalt is 0-2 this season with a 3.94 ERA. Starting this game for the Braves will … Continue reading Astros-Braves 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-4319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319","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=4319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}