{"id":4852,"date":"2009-07-09T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-rockies-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-09T09:06:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T14:06:00","slug":"braves-rockies-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-rockies-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Rockies 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 Coors Field will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Braves and the Colorado Rockies when they take their seats on Thursday. <?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 Braves will give the ball to starter <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Tommy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hanson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hanson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-0 this season with a 2.25 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:Sn>Hanson<\/st2:Sn>&#8216;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cook<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> ace righthander has a 3.76 ERA to go along with a 8-3 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>Kenshin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed just four hits and one run over six innings on Wednesday, as the Braves defeated the Cubs 4-1 in the rubber match. The Braves on that game as +120 underdogs, while the team&#8217;s played UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Casey<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kotchman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a solo home run in the win, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Rafael<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Soriano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed a scoreless ninth for his 10<sup>th<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> banged out 14 hits in a 10-4 rout of the Nationals on Wednesday, as -180 favorites. That game&#8217;s 14 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (10.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Troy Tulowitzki went 3-for-4 at the plate a two-run homer, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Spilborghs<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in three runs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jorge<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>De La Rosa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 6 1-3 innings, and fanned five batters in the win. <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 won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 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>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 41-43 SU<br \/>Colorado: 45-39 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Colorado are 4-6<br \/>After playing Chi Cubs are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Colorado most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 4-6<br \/>After playing Washington are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Atlanta is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Colorado<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Colorado<br \/>Colorado is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Colorado&#8217;s last 10 games <br \/>Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta<br \/>Colorado is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 10<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/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 Coors Field will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Braves and the Colorado Rockies when they take their seats on Thursday. The Braves will give the ball to starter Tommy Hanson in this one. Righthander Hanson is 4-0 this season with a 2.25 ERA. Hanson&#8216;s opponent in this one will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-rockies-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Rockies 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-4852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4852","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=4852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}