{"id":4947,"date":"2009-07-22T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/giants-braves-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-22T07:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T12:26:00","slug":"giants-braves-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/giants-braves-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-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\">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 Wednesday. <?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 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Tim<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lincecum<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Giants on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lincecum<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 10-2 this season with a 2.27 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jair<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Braves. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 8-7 with a 2.77 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 113-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, 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>Brian<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>McCann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-for-3 with a three-run blast and four runs batted in to lead the Braves over the Giants 8-1 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -185 home favorites as the teams played OVER the 8-run total posted by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Martin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Prado<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-5 with an RBI for the Braves, while winning pitcher <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Derek<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up one run six innings for <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Juan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Uribe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the lone run for <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Sadowski<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was tagged for eight runs over 3 2-3 innings to take the loss for the Giants. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 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>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 50-43 SU<br \/>Atlanta: 48-46 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">San Francisco most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 5-5<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing San Francisco are 5-5<br \/>After playing San Francisco 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 \/>San Francisco is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>San Francisco is 7-14 SU in its last 21 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>San Francisco is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>San Francisco is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home<br \/>Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Atlanta is 14-7 SU in its last 21 games when playing at home against San Francisco<br \/>Atlanta is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing San Francisco<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 <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, July 23<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 Turner Field will be treated to a game between the San Francisco Giants and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Wednesday. Ace Tim Lincecum will be the starting pitcher for the Giants on this day. Righthander Lincecum is 10-2 this season with a 2.27 ERA. Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be Jair &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/giants-braves-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Giants-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-4947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947","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=4947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}