{"id":5056,"date":"2009-07-29T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T13:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-marlins-odds-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-07-29T08:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T13:13:00","slug":"braves-marlins-odds-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-marlins-odds-preview-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Marlins 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 division rival Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins are set to renew hostilities on Wednesday when they meet at LandShark Stadium. <?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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Kenshin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-7 this season with a 4.04 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the Marlins will be ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Josh<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 2.80 ERA to go along with a 9-2 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Marlins listed as 155-moneyline favorites versus the Braves, 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\"><st2:GivenName>Ross<\/st2:GivenName> Gload&#8217;s pinch-hit, walk-off, two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Marlins over the Braves 4-3 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won as +120 home underdogs as the game played UNDER the 8.5-run total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Hanley<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ramirez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs for the Marlins, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Leo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nunez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ricky<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nolasco<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Garret <st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Anderson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> was 2-for-4 with a solo shot for <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Rafael<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Soriano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss after allowing Gload&#8217;s dinger in the bottom of the ninth inning. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 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:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 51-49 SU<br \/>Florida: 52-48 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 Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Florida are 4-6<br \/>After playing Florida are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Florida most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 6-4<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 6-4<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 \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 11 games when playing Florida<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 10 games when playing on the road against Florida<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 13 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Florida is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Florida&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>Florida is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, July 30<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><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 division rival Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins are set to renew hostilities on Wednesday when they meet at LandShark Stadium. Kenshin Kawakami will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. Righthander Kawakami is 5-7 this season with a 4.04 ERA. Starting this game for the Marlins will be ace Josh Johnson. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-marlins-odds-preview-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Marlins 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-5056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5056","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=5056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}