{"id":4623,"date":"2009-06-18T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-reds-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-18T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T14:59:00","slug":"braves-reds-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-reds-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Reds 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 Cincinnati Reds will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Great<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>American<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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 righthander <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Tommy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hanson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st2:Sn>Hanson<\/st2:Sn> has a 1-0 record and a 6.17 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 Reds will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Matt<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Maloney<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The lefthander has a 4.50 ERA to go along with a 0-1 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 122-moneyline favorites versus the Reds, 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\">Micah Owings smacked a three-run homer to lead the Reds in a 4-3 win over the Braves on Wednesday, as +135 underdogs. The game&#8217;s seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Owings allowed just two runs over six innings to get the win, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cordero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> closed out the game with his 16<sup>th<\/sup> save. <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 deep for a two-run shot for the Braves, who were -155 favorites. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Javier<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Vazquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was tagged for four runs over eight innings in a losing effort. <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 4 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 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>: 30-34 SU<br \/>Cincinnati: 33-31 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 Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Boston are 3-7<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Chi White Sox are 3-6<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 5-5<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 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing Cincinnati<br \/>Atlanta is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati<br \/>Atlanta is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Cincinnati is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Atlanta<br \/>Cincinnati is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home<br \/>Cincinnati is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Cincinnati is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <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> at <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, June 19<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Chi White Sox, Friday, June 19<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 Cincinnati Reds will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Great American Ball Park. The Braves will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Tommy Hanson in this game. Hanson has a 1-0 record and a 6.17 ERA this season. Starting this game for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-reds-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Reds 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-4623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623","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=4623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}