{"id":4894,"date":"2009-07-18T08:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mets-braves-odds-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-07-18T08:54:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T13:54:00","slug":"mets-braves-odds-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mets-braves-odds-preview-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Atlanta Braves on Saturday when they battle the New York Mets at Turner 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 lefthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Johan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Santana<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Mets to start this game. Santana is 10-7 this season with a 3.09 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Kenshin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Braves in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-6 with a 4.26 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 105-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jair<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed just two hits over six scoreless innings as the Braves crushed the Mets 11-0 on Friday, as -205 favorites. The 11 runs made it OVER 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>Brian<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>McCann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a two-run homer and drove in four runs to lead the Braves. Jurrjens improved to 8-7 with the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mike<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pelfrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was rocked for nine hits and nine runs over 4 1-3 innings in the loss for the Mets, who were +185 underdogs. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 42-47 SU<br \/>Atlanta: 45-45 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 6-4<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 4-6<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 7-3<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 4 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 15 of NY Mets&#8217;s last 21 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>NY Mets are 3-8 SU in its last 11 games <br \/>NY Mets are 3-10 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Mets<br \/>Atlanta is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against NY Mets<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 NY Mets, Sunday, July 19<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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Atlanta Braves on Saturday when they battle the New York Mets at Turner Field. Ace lefthander Johan Santana will take the mound for the Mets to start this game. Santana is 10-7 this season with a 3.09 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Kenshin Kawakami toeing the rubber &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mets-braves-odds-preview-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mets-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-4894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4894","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=4894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}