{"id":4912,"date":"2009-07-20T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/giants-braves-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-20T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T14:13:00","slug":"giants-braves-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/giants-braves-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-Braves Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\"><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 10\"><meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 10\"><link rel=\"File-List\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cme%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"place\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"City\"><\/o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:WordDocument>   <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:Compatibility>    <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>    <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>    <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>    <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser\/>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object  classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object> \n\n<style> st1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><\/p>\n<style> <!--  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0in; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";} p \t{mso-margin-top-alt:auto; \tmargin-right:0in; \tmso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; \tmargin-left:0in; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";} @page Section1 \t{size:8.5in 11.0in; \tmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; \tmso-header-margin:.5in; \tmso-footer-margin:.5in; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --> <\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]> \n\n<style>  \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0in; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";} <\/style>\n\n <![endif]-->  <\/p>\n<p>The fans at Turner Field will be treated to a game between the San Francisco Giants and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Monday.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>The Giants will give the ball to starter Jonathan Sanchez in this one. Lefthander Sanchez is 3-8 this season with a 4.94 ERA.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be Tommy Hanson toeing the rubber for the Braves in this contest. Righthander Hanson is 4-0 with a 2.85 ERA so far this season.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 175-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>The Giants defeated <st1:city><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> 4-3 as a -110 favorite on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (7.5).<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>Matt Cain pitched seven innings for <st1:city><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> and allowed only one run on five hits with eight strikeouts, while Nate Schierholtz drove in a pair of runs in the win.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>The Braves defeated the Mets 7-1 as a -250 favorite on Sunday. The eight runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over\/under total (8).<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>Yunel Escobar was 3-4 with a home run and four RBI for <st1:city><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>, while Javier Vazquez allowed one run on six hits in seven innings.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>Team records:<br \/> <st1:city><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>: 50-41 SU<br \/> Atlanta: 46-46 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>San Francisco most recently:<br \/> When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/> Before playing Atlanta are 5-5<br \/> After playing Pittsburgh are 5-5<br \/> After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p> Atlanta most recently:<br \/> When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/> Before playing San Francisco are 4-6<br \/> After playing NY Mets are 6-4<br \/> After a win are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>A few trends to consider:<br \/> San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta<br \/> The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/> The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/> San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/> Atlanta is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home<br \/> Atlanta is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games <br \/> The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 13 games <br \/> The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against San Francisco<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>Next up:<br \/> <st1:city><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> home to <st1:city><st1:place>San   Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>, Tuesday, July 21<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\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 Turner Field will be treated to a game between the San Francisco Giants and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Monday. The Giants will give the ball to starter Jonathan Sanchez in this one. Lefthander Sanchez is 3-8 this season with a 4.94 ERA. It&#8217;ll be Tommy Hanson toeing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/giants-braves-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Giants-Braves 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-4912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912","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=4912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}