{"id":4745,"date":"2009-06-25T08:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/yankees-braves-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-25T08:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T13:46:00","slug":"yankees-braves-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/yankees-braves-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees-Braves Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The New York Yankees and the Atlanta Braves will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Turner Field in an interleague contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Andy<\/st2:middlename> Pettitte<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Yankees to start this game. Pettitte is 7-3 this season with a 4.26 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves will counter Pettitte with ace Derek<\/st2:GivenName> Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.09 ERA to go along with a 7-5 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Yankees, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Yankees scored four times over the final two innings as they defeated the Braves 8-4 on Wednesday, as -130 favorites. That game’s 12 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Alex<\/st2:GivenName> Rodriguez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and Nick<\/st2:GivenName> Swisher<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in a pair of runs each for the Yankees. Joba<\/st2:GivenName> Chamberlain<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 4-2 with the win, and Mariano<\/st2:GivenName> Rivera<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> notched his 16th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> Francoeur<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run and drove in two runs for the Braves, who were +110 underdogs. Kris<\/st2:GivenName> Medlen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> suffered the loss on the mound, allowing three hits and three runs in relief. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 39-32 SU
Atlanta: 34-37 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing NY Mets are 5-5
After playing Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 4-6
After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n

Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 4-6
After playing NY Yankees are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
NY Yankees are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
NY Yankees are 11-5 SU in their last 16 games when playing Atlanta
NY Yankees are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games
NY Yankees are 2-6 SU in their last 8 games on the road
Atlanta is 5-11 SU in their last 16 games when playing NY Yankees
Atlanta is 2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against NY Yankees<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
NY Yankees at NY Mets, Friday, June 26
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, June 26<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The New York Yankees and the Atlanta Braves will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Turner Field in an interleague contest. Lefthander Andy Pettitte will take the mound for the Yankees to start this game. Pettitte is 7-3 this season with a 4.26 ERA. The Braves will … Continue reading Yankees-Braves 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-4745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4745","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=4745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}