{"id":4443,"date":"2009-05-19T06:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/rockies-braves-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-19T06:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T11:58:00","slug":"rockies-braves-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/rockies-braves-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies-Braves Lines 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 will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the Colorado Rockies 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 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hammel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Hammel has a 0-2 record and a 5.31 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Braves will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jair<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 2.06 ERA to go along with a 3-2 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 220-moneyline favorites versus the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>, 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>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Marquis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went eight strong innings on Monday night to lead the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> to a 5-1 win over the Braves. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> were winners as +170 road underdogs in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the night&#8217;s posted total (8.5). <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 2 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>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 15-22 SU<br \/>Atlanta: 18-19 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Colorado most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 4-6<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 2-8<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Colorado are 4-6<br \/>After playing Colorado are 7-3<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 \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Colorado&#8217;s last 7 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado&#8217;s last 10 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 11 of Colorado&#8217;s last 16 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Colorado is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 7 games when playing at home against Colorado<br \/>Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Colorado<br \/>Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Colorado<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 11 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 16 games when playing Colorado<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, May 20<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 will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Tuesday when they take on the Colorado Rockies at Turner Field. The Rockies will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Jason Hammel in this game. Hammel has a 0-2 record and a 5.31 ERA this season. Starting this game for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/rockies-braves-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockies-Braves Lines 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-4443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4443","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=4443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}