{"id":4382,"date":"2009-05-08T07:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-phillies-odds-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-05-08T07:18:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T12:18:00","slug":"braves-phillies-odds-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-phillies-odds-preview-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Phillies 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 Philadelphia Phillies will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Citizens<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Bank<\/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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jo-Jo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Reyes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Reyes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-1 this season with a 5.00 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:Sn>Reyes<\/st2:Sn>&#8216;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Cole<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hamels<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Phillies ace lefthander has a 7.27 ERA to go along with a 0-2 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 175-moneyline favorites versus the Braves, 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>Casey<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kotchman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in two runs to lead the Braves to a 4-2 doubling of the Marlins on Thursday, as a -105 pick&#8217;em. That game&#8217;s six runs went 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>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ross<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a two-run homer for the Braves, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jair<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed seven solid innings to earn the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Phillies were swept in their two-game set with the Mets, after dropping Thursday&#8217;s finale 7-5, as +100 underdogs. That game&#8217;s 12 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (10). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jayson<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Werth<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 4-for-4 with a two-run dinger for the Phillies. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jamie<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Moyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was tagged with the loss, giving up seven runs off seven hits. <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.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 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>: 13-15 SU<br \/>Philadelphia: 14-12 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 Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 6-4<br \/>After playing Florida are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 6-4<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 4-6<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 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Philadelphia is 17-6 SU in its last 23 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Philadelphia is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, May 9<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 Philadelphia Phillies will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Citizens Bank Park. Jo-Jo Reyes will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. Lefthander Reyes is 0-1 this season with a 5.00 ERA. Reyes&#8216;s opponent in this one will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-phillies-odds-preview-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Phillies 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-4382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382","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=4382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}