{"id":4776,"date":"2009-06-27T07:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-braves-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-27T07:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T12:44:00","slug":"red-sox-braves-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-braves-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox-Braves 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 Turner Field will be treated to a interleague game between the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Saturday. <?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 Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Tim<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wakefield<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. <st1:City><st1:place>Wakefield<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has a 9-3 record and a 4.47 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Braves will counter <st1:City><st1:place>Wakefield<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Javier<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Vazquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Vazquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 3.18 ERA to go along with a 5-6 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Dustin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pedroia<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits and drove in one run as the Red Sox outlasted the Braves 4-1 on Friday, as -125 favorites. That game&#8217;s five runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>J.D.<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Drew<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 and drove in one run for the Red Sox. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Josh<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Beckett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed seven scoreless innings to earn the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ross<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered to drive in the only run for the Braves, who were +105 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jair<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up seven hits and four runs over eight innings in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 45-28 SU<br \/>Atlanta: 34-39 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 5-5<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Boston are 4-6<br \/>After playing Boston are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Boston is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Atlanta is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Atlanta is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Boston<br \/>Atlanta is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Boston<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, June 28<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/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 Turner Field will be treated to a interleague game between the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Saturday. The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Tim Wakefield in this game. Wakefield has a 9-3 record and a 4.47 ERA this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-braves-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Red Sox-Braves 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-4776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776","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=4776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}