{"id":4958,"date":"2009-07-23T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/giants-braves-lines-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-07-23T07:24:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T12:24:00","slug":"giants-braves-lines-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/giants-braves-lines-preview-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-Braves Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Atlanta Braves on Thursday when they battle the San Francisco Giants at Turner Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Barry<\/st2:GivenName> Zito<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Giants on this day. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Zito<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-10 this season with a 4.89 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Kenshin<\/st2:GivenName> Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Braves in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-7 with a 4.15 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 173-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves won their fourth straight and third overall against the Giants with a 4-2 win on Wednesday, as a -110 pick’em. That game’s six runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (7). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Yunel<\/st2:GivenName> Escobar<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep for a three-run dinger to lead the Braves. Jair<\/st2:GivenName> Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed just three hits and one run over 7 2-3 innings, while striking out nine for the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tim<\/st2:GivenName> Lincecum<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered four runs over five innings with nine strikeouts in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 50-44 SU
Atlanta: 49-46 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
San Francisco most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2
Before playing Colorado are 4-6
After playing Atlanta are 5-5
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Milwaukee are 2-8
After playing San Francisco are 4-6
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Francisco’s last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Francisco’s last 6 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco’s last 6 games
San Francisco is 7-15 SU in its last 22 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Atlanta is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games at home
Atlanta is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Atlanta is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games when playing at home against San Francisco
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 6 games when playing San Francisco<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, July 24
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 24<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Atlanta Braves on Thursday when they battle the San Francisco Giants at Turner Field. Barry Zito will be the starting pitcher for the Giants on this day. Lefthander Zito is 5-10 this season with a 4.89 ERA. It’ll be Kenshin Kawakami toeing the rubber for … Continue reading Giants-Braves Lines Preview<\/span> →<\/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-4958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4958","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=4958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}