{"id":4414,"date":"2009-05-12T06:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-mets-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-12T06:56:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T11:56:00","slug":"braves-mets-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-mets-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Mets 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\">If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Tuesday when the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets meet at Citi 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 Braves will give the ball to starter <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jair<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-2 this season with a 2.01 ERA. <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>Michael<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pelfrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Mets in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pelfrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-0 with a 5.46 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 Mets listed as 115-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>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Diaz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-for-5 with two runs batted in, as the Braves dumped the Mets 8-3 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as +160 road underdogs as the game played over the 7-run total set by oddsmakers. <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> went 2-for-4 with two RBIs for the Braves, while winning pitcher <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Derek<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs over 6 2-3 innings for <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Omir Santos knocked in two runs for <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Johan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Santana<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss despite allowing no earned runs over 6 1-3 innings for the Mets. <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 3 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>: 16-16 SU<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 17-14 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 Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 4-6<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 7-3<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<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 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 7 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>Atlanta is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against NY Mets<br \/>NY Mets are 7-1 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>NY Mets are 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 5 games <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>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, May 13<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>If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Tuesday when the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets meet at Citi Field. The Braves will give the ball to starter Jair Jurrjens in this one. Righthander Jurrjens is 3-2 this season with a 2.01 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Michael Pelfrey toeing the rubber for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-mets-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Mets 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-4414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4414","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=4414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}