{"id":4812,"date":"2009-07-03T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-nationals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-03T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:22:00","slug":"braves-nationals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-nationals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Nationals Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Atlanta Braves will be trying to extend a winning streak on Friday when they take on the Washington Nationals at Nationals<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kenshin<\/st2:GivenName> Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-6 this season with a 4.25 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Ross<\/st2:GivenName> Detwiler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Nationals. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Detwiler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-4 with a 5.24 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves scored three runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Phillies 5-2 for a sweep of the three-game series on Thursday, as -140 favorites. The game’s seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Casey<\/st2:GivenName> Kotchman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-2 at the plate with a two-run homer. Mike<\/st2:GivenName> Gonzalez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> earned the win in relief, and Rafael<\/st2:GivenName> Soriano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected his seventh save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Nationals were defeated 5-3 by the Marlins last time out, as +150 underdogs. That game’s eight runs went as a PUSH against the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Willingham<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits and drove in two runs, while Julian<\/st2:GivenName> Tavarez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs in relief and suffered the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.
Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 38-40 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 22-54 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Washington are 5-5
After playing Philadelphia are 8-2
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Washington most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Atlanta are 4-6
After playing Florida are 1-9
After a loss are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Atlanta’s last 13 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington’s last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Washington’s last 14 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Washington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, July 4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Atlanta Braves will be trying to extend a winning streak on Friday when they take on the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. Kenshin Kawakami will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. Righthander Kawakami is 4-6 this season with a 4.25 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Ross Detwiler who starts for the … Continue reading Braves-Nationals 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-4812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812","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=4812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}