{"id":5105,"date":"2009-08-01T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/dodgers-braves-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-01T07:32:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T12:32:00","slug":"dodgers-braves-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/dodgers-braves-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers-Braves 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 Los Angeles Dodgers will be trying to extend a winning streak on Saturday when they take on the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. <?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 Dodgers will give the ball to starter <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Randy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wolf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wolf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-5 this season with a 3.43 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Derek<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Braves in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lowe<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 10-7 with a 4.20 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 130-moneyline favorites versus the Dodgers, 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>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Schmidt<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> threw a one-hitter through six scoreless innings as the Dodgers blanked the Braves 5-0 on Friday. The Dodgers won the game as +160 underdogs, and the five runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Andre<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ethier<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a three-run homer and drove in four runs for the Dodgers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Tommy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hanson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered eight hits and four runs over six innings for the Braves, who were -180 favorites in that game. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 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>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 64-39 SU<br \/>Atlanta: 52-51 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 6-4<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 7-3<br \/>After playing LA Dodgers are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<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 6 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 7 games when playing LA Dodgers<br \/>Atlanta is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers<br \/>Atlanta is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games at home<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 LA Dodgers, Sunday, August 2<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 Los Angeles Dodgers will be trying to extend a winning streak on Saturday when they take on the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. The Dodgers will give the ball to starter Randy Wolf in this one. Lefthander Wolf is 5-5 this season with a 3.43 ERA. It&#8217;ll be ace Derek Lowe toeing the rubber &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/dodgers-braves-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dodgers-Braves 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-5105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5105","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=5105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}