{"id":4791,"date":"2009-06-28T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-braves-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-06-28T08:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T13:04:00","slug":"red-sox-braves-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-braves-odds-preview-2\/","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 Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Turner Field in an interleague contest. <?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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Brad<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Penny<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Penny<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-2 this season with a 4.93 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Braves will counter <st2:GivenName>Penny<\/st2:GivenName> with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Tommy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hanson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hanson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 3.13 ERA to go along with a 3-0 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>Mark<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kotsay<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the only run in the ballgame as the Red Sox defeated the Braves 1-0 on Saturday, as a +130 underdog. 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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Tim<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wakefield<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed just three hits over six shutout innings for the victory, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jonathan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Papelbon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> closed out the game with his 18<sup>th<\/sup> save of the season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Javier Vazquez gave up six hits and one run over 7 2-3 innings in the loss for the Braves, who had been -150 favorites in that contest. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 4 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>: 46-28 SU<br \/>Atlanta: 34-40 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 Sunday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Baltimore are 8-2<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 6-4<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 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Boston is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Atlanta is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Atlanta is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Boston<br \/>Atlanta is 1-7 SU in its last 8 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>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Monday, June 29<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, June 30<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><b><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/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 Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Turner Field in an interleague contest. Brad Penny will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox on this day. Righthander Penny is 6-2 this season with a 4.93 ERA. The Braves &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/red-sox-braves-odds-preview-2\/\" 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-4791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791","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=4791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}