{"id":4515,"date":"2009-05-30T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-30T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-diamondbacks-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-30T06:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-30T11:43:00","slug":"braves-diamondbacks-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-diamondbacks-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Diamondbacks 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 Arizona Diamondbacks will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Chase<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Field<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <?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><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Javier<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Vazquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Braves to start this game. Vazquez is 4-4 this season with a 3.80 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Diamondbacks will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Doug<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Davis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The lefthander has a 3.77 ERA to go along with a 2-6 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 120-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, 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\">The Braves scored nine runs over two innings and earned a 10-6 victory over the Diamondbacks on Fiday, as -125 favorites. That game&#8217;s 16 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <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 2-for-5 with three RBIs to lead the Braves, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Francoeur<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jair<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed five runs off eight hits in five innings of work. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chad Tracy hit a three-run homer and collected four runs for the Diamondbacks, ho were +105 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Garland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was rocked for nine hits and nine runs over 2 2-3 innings in the loss. <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>: 24-24 SU<br \/>Arizona: 21-28 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 Saturday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 6-4<br \/>After playing Arizona are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Arizona most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 2-8<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 5-5<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 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Arizona<br \/>Atlanta is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Arizona<br \/>Atlanta is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Arizona is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Arizona is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Arizona is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Atlanta<br \/>Arizona is 2-6 SU in its last 8 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>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, May 31<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><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 Arizona Diamondbacks will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Chase Field. Righthander Javier Vazquez will take the mound for the Braves to start this game. Vazquez is 4-4 this season with a 3.80 ERA. Starting this game for the Diamondbacks will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-diamondbacks-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Diamondbacks 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-4515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4515","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=4515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}