{"id":4977,"date":"2009-07-24T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-brewers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-24T09:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T14:15:00","slug":"braves-brewers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-brewers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Brewers 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 fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Miller<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Braves and the Milwaukee Brewers when they take their seats on Friday. <?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\">The Braves will give the ball to starter <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Javier<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Vazquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Vazquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-7 this season with a 2.86 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Brewers will counter Vazquez with Manny Parra. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Parra<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 6.37 ERA to go along with a 4-8 record 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 130-moneyline favorites versus the Brewers, 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\">The Braves lost to <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 5-1 as a -170 favorite on Thursday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Yunel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Escobar<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run for <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Kenshin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed one run on four hits in five innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Braun<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a solo home run and drove in four runs in the Brewers&#8217; 8-7 loss to the Pirates last time out, as a -110 pick&#8217;em. That game&#8217;s 15 runs sailed 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>Mitch<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Stetter<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run and suffered the loss. <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>: 49-47 SU<br \/>Milwaukee: 48-47 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 7-3<br \/>Before playing Milwaukee are 2-8<br \/>After playing San Francisco are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 8-2<br \/>After playing Pittsburgh are 9-1<br \/>After a loss 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 \/>The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 12 games when playing Milwaukee<br \/>Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 9 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 21 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 12 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 7 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 21 games when playing at home against Atlanta<br \/>Milwaukee is 4-2 SU in its last 6 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:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, July 25<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 Miller Park will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Braves and the Milwaukee Brewers when they take their seats on Friday. The Braves will give the ball to starter Javier Vazquez in this one. Righthander Vazquez is 7-7 this season with a 2.86 ERA. The Brewers will counter Vazquez with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-brewers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Brewers 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-4977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977","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=4977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}