{"id":4356,"date":"2009-05-05T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mets-braves-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-05T06:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:50:00","slug":"mets-braves-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mets-braves-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-Braves Odds 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\">Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Tuesday when the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves meet 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\">The Mets will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Livan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn> has a 1-1 record and a 6.75 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Braves will counter <st2:Sn>Hernandez<\/st2:Sn> with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Kenshin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 7.06 ERA to go along with a 1-3 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 128-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, 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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Beltran<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-for-3 with two homers and four runs batted in to lead the Mets past the Braves 6-4 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won as +105 road underdogs as the game played over the 8.5-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wright<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a two-run dinger for the Mets, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>John<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Maine<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up three runs over six innings to earn the win for <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chipper Jones smashed a solo shot for Atlanta, as Javier Vazquez was rocked for six runs over 6 2-3 innings to take the loss for the Braves. <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:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 11-13 SU<br \/>Atlanta: 11-14 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Florida are 3-7<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 13 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 18 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>NY Mets are 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 5 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 18 games when playing at home against NY Mets<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against NY Mets<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>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, May 6<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, May 6<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>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Tuesday when the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves meet at Turner Field. The Mets will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Livan Hernandez in this game. Hernandez has a 1-1 record and a 6.75 ERA this season. The Braves will counter Hernandez &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mets-braves-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mets-Braves Odds 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-4356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4356","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=4356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}