{"id":4661,"date":"2009-06-20T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-red-sox-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-20T08:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T13:42:00","slug":"braves-red-sox-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-red-sox-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Red Sox Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Atlanta Braves and the Boston Red Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Fenway<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Derek<\/st2:GivenName> Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Lowe<\/st2:Sn> has a 7-4 record and a 4.08 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be ace Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Beckett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Red Sox in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Beckett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-3 with a 4.15 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 167-moneyline favorites versus the Braves, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kenshin<\/st2:GivenName> Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed just two runs over six innings in helping the Braves whip the Red Sox 8-2 in Friday’s series-opener. The Braves won that game as +140 underdogs, while the 10 runs went as a PUSH against the posted over\/under (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Garret Anderson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> went a perfect 4-for-4 with four RBIs to lead the way for the Braves. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> belted a two-run homer in a losing effort for the Red Sox, who were favored at -160. Daisuke<\/st2:GivenName> Matsuzaka<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed eight hits and six runs over four innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 32-34 SU
Boston: 40-27 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Boston are 3-7
After playing Boston are 3-7
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Boston most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Atlanta are 6-4
After playing Atlanta are 7-3
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Atlanta is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games when playing on the road against Boston
Atlanta is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Atlanta is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Atlanta is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing Boston
Boston is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Atlanta
Boston is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home
Boston is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games
Boston is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games when playing at home against Atlanta<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, June 21<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Atlanta Braves and the Boston Red Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Fenway Park. The Braves will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Derek Lowe in this game. Lowe has a 7-4 record and a 4.08 ERA this season. It’ll be … Continue reading Braves-Red Sox 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-4661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4661","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=4661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}