{"id":4646,"date":"2009-06-19T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-red-sox-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-19T08:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T13:19:00","slug":"braves-red-sox-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-red-sox-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Red Sox 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 fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Fenway<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a interleague game between the Atlanta Braves and the Boston Red Sox when they take their seats on Friday. <?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><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Kenshin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-6 this season with a 4.54 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Red Sox will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Daisuke<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Matsuzaka<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 7.55 ERA to go along with a 1-4 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Braves, 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>Tommy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hanson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> combined on a five-hit shutout on Thursday, as the Braves defeated the Reds 7-0. The Braves won that game as a -120 favorite, while the team&#8217;s played UNDER 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>Nate<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>McCluth<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the Braves with four RBIs, including a two-run homer. <st2:Sn>Hanson<\/st2:Sn> improved to 2-0 with the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Red Sox were defeated 2-1 in five innings by the Marlins, as -210 favorites at home. The team&#8217;s played UNDER the night&#8217;s posted over\/under (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Youkilis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered to drive in the only run, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lester<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up eight hits and two runs over five 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>: 31-34 SU<br \/>Boston: 40-26 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 Friday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Boston are 3-7<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 6-4<br \/>After playing Florida are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<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 5 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Boston<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 16 games when playing on the road against Boston<br \/>Atlanta is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston<br \/>Atlanta is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games when playing Boston<br \/>Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>Boston is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Boston is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Atlanta<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, June 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 fans at Fenway Park will be treated to a interleague game between the Atlanta Braves and the Boston Red Sox when they take their seats on Friday. Kenshin Kawakami will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. Righthander Kawakami is 3-6 this season with a 4.54 ERA. Starting this game for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-red-sox-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Red Sox 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-4646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646","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=4646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}