{"id":4762,"date":"2009-06-26T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-braves-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-26T07:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T12:59:00","slug":"red-sox-braves-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-braves-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Braves Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Turner Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox will give the ball to ace starter Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Beckett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Beckett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 8-3 this season with a 3.74 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Jair<\/st2:GivenName> Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Braves in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-5 with a 2.89 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Red Sox were crushed 9-3 by the Nationals last time out, as -130 favorites. That game’s 12 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rocco<\/st2:GivenName> Baldelli<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> smacked a two-run homer for the Red Sox, while John<\/st2:GivenName> Smoltz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered seven hits and five runs over five innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves were defeated 11-7 by the Yankees last time out, as -120 favorites. That game’s 18 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Yunel<\/st2:GivenName> Escobar<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the Braves with two hits and three RBIs. Derek<\/st2:GivenName> Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up 11 hits and eight runs in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 44-28 SU
Atlanta: 34-38 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Atlanta are 6-4
After playing Washington are 7-3
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Friday are 2-8
Before playing Boston are 4-6
After playing NY Yankees are 4-6
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta
Boston is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games on the road
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
Atlanta is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Atlanta is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Boston
Atlanta is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, June 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Turner Field. The Red Sox will give the ball to ace starter Josh Beckett in this one. Righthander Beckett is 8-3 this season with a 3.74 ERA. It’ll be Jair Jurrjens toeing … Continue reading Red Sox-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-4762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4762","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=4762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}