{"id":4567,"date":"2009-06-14T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-orioles-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-14T08:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T13:27:00","slug":"braves-orioles-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-orioles-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Orioles 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 and the Baltimore Orioles will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Camden Yards in an interleague contest. <?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 pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Derek<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Lowe<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this game. <st1:Sn>Lowe<\/st1:Sn> has a 7-3 record and a 3.44 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Brad<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Bergesen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Orioles in this contest. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Bergesen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 3-2 with a 4.04 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 Braves listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Orioles, 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 Orioles scored six runs in the seventh inning as they defeated the Braves 8-4 on Saturday, as -115 favorites. The game&#8217;s 12 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Adam<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Jones<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> belted a two-run homer and finished with three RBIs for the Orioles. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Brian<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Bass<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed three scoreless innings to pick up the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Jeff<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Francoeur<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs for the Braves, who were +105 underdogs. <st1:GivenName>Eric<\/st1:GivenName> O&#8217;Flaherty surrendered three runs in relief and was tagged with the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Atlanta<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 30-31 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>SU<\/st1:GivenName><br \/><st1:Sn>Baltimore<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 26-36 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 Sunday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Cincinnati are 6-4<br \/>After playing Baltimore are 8-2<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 10-0<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 4-6<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 4-6<br \/>After a win 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 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing Baltimore<br \/>Atlanta is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Baltimore<br \/>Atlanta is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games on the road<br \/>Baltimore is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Baltimore is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Atlanta<br \/>Baltimore is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Baltimore is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Atlanta<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at <st2:City><st2:place>Cincinnati<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Tuesday, June 16<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> home to NY Mets, Tuesday, June 16<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 Baltimore Orioles will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Camden Yards in an interleague contest. The Braves will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Derek Lowe in this game. Lowe has a 7-3 record and a 3.44 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-orioles-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Orioles 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-4567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4567","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=4567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}