{"id":4364,"date":"2009-05-06T06:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-marlins-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-06T06:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T11:57:00","slug":"braves-marlins-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-marlins-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Marlins 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\">The Atlanta Braves and the Florida Marlins will meet on the field at Dolphin Stadium on Wednesday in a battle of division rivals. <?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 Braves will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Derek<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:Sn>Lowe<\/st2:Sn> has a 3-1 record and a 3.03 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Graham<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Taylor<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Marlins in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Taylor<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-1 with a 6.23 ERA so far 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 150-moneyline favorites versus the Marlins, 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>Yunel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Escobar<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-5 with an RBI for the Braves in their 4-3 loss to the Mets on Tuesday 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> cashed as +110 road underdogs as the game played under the 10-run total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Volstad<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed three earned runs over six innings to take the defeat for <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in its 7-0 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as +110 road underdogs as the game played under the 8-run total set by oddsmakers. <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 4 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>: 11-15 SU<br \/>Florida: 15-12 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 Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Florida are 3-7<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Florida most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 7-3<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 2-8<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 UNDER in 6 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Florida<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 7 games when playing on the road against Florida<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Florida<br \/>Florida is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Florida&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida&#8217;s last 7 games when playing at home against Atlanta<br \/>Florida is 14-7 SU in its last 21 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, May 7<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 Florida Marlins will meet on the field at Dolphin Stadium on Wednesday in a battle of division rivals. The Braves will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Derek Lowe in this game. Lowe has a 3-1 record and a 3.03 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be Graham Taylor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-marlins-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Marlins 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-4364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364","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=4364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}