{"id":4675,"date":"2009-06-21T08:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-red-sox-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-21T08:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-21T13:26:00","slug":"braves-red-sox-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-red-sox-odds-preview-2\/","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 Atlanta Braves and the Boston Red Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:place><st2:PlaceName>Fenway<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2: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 trot <st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Jair<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Jurrjens<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Jurrjens<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> has a 5-5 record and a 2.89 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 Red Sox will be <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Tim<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Wakefield<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The righthander has a 4.39 ERA to go along with a 9-3 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 130-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\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Josh<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Beckett<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed a complete-game five-hit shutout on Saturday, as the Red Sox defeated the Braves 3-0. The Red Sox won that game as -170 favorites, while the team&#8217;s played UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Nick<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Green<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 2-for-3 at the plate with one RBI for the Red Sox. <st1:Sn>Beckett<\/st1:Sn> fanned seven batters and improved to 8-3 with the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Derek<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Lowe<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up seven hits and three runs over 6 1-3 innings in a losing effort. Oddsmakers had the Braves listed as +150 underdogs. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Atlanta<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 32-35 SU<br \/>Boston: 41-27 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 5-5<br \/>Before playing Chi Cubs are 3-7<br \/>After playing Boston are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Washington are 8-2<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 6-4<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 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston<br \/>Atlanta is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Atlanta is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games when playing Boston<br \/>Boston is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Boston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home<br \/>Boston is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games <br \/>Boston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Atlanta<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> home to Chi Cubs, Monday, <st1:GivenName>June<\/st1:GivenName> 22<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at <st1:Sn><st2:State><st2:place>Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>, Tuesday, June 23<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 Boston Red Sox will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Fenway Park. The Braves will trot Jair Jurrjens out to the mound in this one. Righthander Jurrjens has a 5-5 record and a 2.89 ERA this season. Starting this game for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/braves-red-sox-odds-preview-2\/\" 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-4675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4675","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=4675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}