{"id":4505,"date":"2009-05-28T06:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-diamondbacks-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-28T06:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T11:49:00","slug":"braves-diamondbacks-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-diamondbacks-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Diamondbacks Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Atlanta Braves and the Arizona Diamondbacks will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Chase<\/st2:GivenName> Field<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ace Derek<\/st2:GivenName> Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-2 this season with a 3.45 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lowe<\/st2:Sn>‘s opponent in this one will be Dan<\/st2:GivenName> Haren<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Diamondbacks righthander has a 2.57 ERA to go along with a 3-4 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Diamondbacks listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Braves, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves were doubled 6-3 by the Giants last time out, as a -110 pick’em. That game’s nine runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Garret Anderson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> had two RBIs to lead the Braves, while Kenshin<\/st2:GivenName> Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up nine hits and four runs over 5 2-3 innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Bobby<\/st2:GivenName> Abreu<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs to give the Angels<\/st2:Sn> a 3-1 victory over the White Sox on Wednesday, as -200 favorites. The four runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Juan<\/st2:GivenName> Rivera<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-3 at the plate and drove in the other run for the Angels<\/st2:Sn>. Jered<\/st2:GivenName> Weaver<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed eight innings for the win, and Brian<\/st2:GivenName> Fuentes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected his 13th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 23-23 SU
Arizona: 20-27 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Arizona are 7-3
After playing San Francisco are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

Arizona most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Atlanta are 2-8
After playing San Diego are 4-6
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Arizona
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Atlanta’s last 8 games when playing Arizona
Atlanta is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona’s last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Arizona’s last 8 games when playing Atlanta
Arizona is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Atlanta
Arizona is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, May 29<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Atlanta Braves and the Arizona Diamondbacks will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Chase Field. Ace Derek Lowe will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. Righthander Lowe is 6-2 this season with a 3.45 ERA. Lowe‘s opponent in this one will be Dan Haren. … Continue reading Braves-Diamondbacks Lines Preview<\/span> →<\/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-4505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4505","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=4505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}