{"id":5074,"date":"2009-07-30T08:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-marlins-odds-preview-4\/"},"modified":"2009-07-30T08:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:46:00","slug":"braves-marlins-odds-preview-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-marlins-odds-preview-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Marlins Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Atlanta Braves and the Florida Marlins will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at LandShark Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Javier<\/st2:middlename> Vazquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Braves to start this game. Vazquez is 8-7 this season with a 2.98 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Vazquez’s opponent in this one will be Rick<\/st2:GivenName> Vanden<\/st2:middlename> Hurk<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Marlins righthander has a 2.45 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the Marlins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Johnson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a three-run homer to help the Marlins defeat the Braves 6-3 on Wednesday, as -160 favorites. That game’s nine runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Hanley<\/st2:GivenName> Ramirez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered and drove in a pair of runs, while Dan<\/st2:GivenName> Uggla<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> launched a solo home run for the Marlins. Johnson<\/st2:Sn> improved to 9-2 with the win, allowing just three runs over six innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Garret Anderson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> went deep for a two-run shot for the Braves, who were +140 underdogs. Kenshin<\/st2:GivenName> Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up seven hits and six runs over 4 2-3 innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.
Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 51-50 SU
Florida: 53-48 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 3-7
Before playing LA Dodgers are 6-4
After playing Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> are 3-7
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 7-3
Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After playing Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 7-3
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Atlanta’s last 12 games when playing Florida
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 6 games on the road
Atlanta is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Atlanta is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Florida is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Florida is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games at home
Florida is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida’s last 7 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to LA Dodgers, Friday, July 31
Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Chi Cubs, Friday, July 31<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Atlanta Braves and the Florida Marlins will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at LandShark Stadium. Righthander Javier Vazquez will take the mound for the Braves to start this game. Vazquez is 8-7 this season with a 2.98 ERA. Vazquez’s opponent in this one will be Rick … Continue reading Braves-Marlins Odds 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-5074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5074","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=5074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}