{"id":4862,"date":"2009-07-10T09:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-rockies-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-10T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-10T14:08:00","slug":"braves-rockies-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-rockies-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Rockies Lines 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 Atlanta Braves and the Colorado Rockies will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Coors Field. <?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\">Ace righthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Derek<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Braves to start this game. <st2:Sn>Lowe<\/st2:Sn> is 7-7 this season with a 4.56 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ubaldo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jimenez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 3.86 ERA to go along with a 6-8 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\">The <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> scored twice in the bottom of the eighth inning to defeat the Braves 7-6 on Thursday, as -145 favorites. That game&#8217;s 13 runs sailed OVER 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>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Iannetta<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits and drove in two runs to lead the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Juan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Rincon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> got the win in relief, and <st1:Street><st1:address>Huston Street<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> closed out the game for his 22<sup>nd<\/sup> save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Francoeur<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had three hits and drove in two runs for the Braves, who were +125 underdogs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mike<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gonzalez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up two runs in relief to suffer the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 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>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 41-44 SU<br \/>Colorado: 46-39 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 Friday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Colorado are 5-5<br \/>After playing Colorado are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Colorado most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 4-6<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 3-7<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 \/>Atlanta is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Colorado<br \/>Atlanta is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Atlanta is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Colorado<br \/>Colorado is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Atlanta<br \/>Colorado is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games at home<br \/>Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Colorado is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Atlanta<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>, Saturday, July 11<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 Atlanta Braves and the Colorado Rockies will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Coors Field. Ace righthander Derek Lowe will take the mound for the Braves to start this game. Lowe is 7-7 this season with a 4.56 ERA. Starting this game for the Rockies will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-rockies-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Rockies Lines 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-4862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4862","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=4862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}