{"id":5231,"date":"2009-08-11T05:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/nationals-braves-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-11T05:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T10:31:00","slug":"nationals-braves-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/nationals-braves-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationals-Braves Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Washington Nationals on Tuesday when they battle the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
John<\/st1:GivenName> Lannan<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Nationals on this day. Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> Lannan<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 8-8 this season with a 3.39 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves will counter Lannan with Tommy<\/st1:GivenName> Hanson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Hanson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> has a 3.22 ERA to go along with a 6-2 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 190-moneyline favorites versus the Nationals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Nationals defeated Arizona<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> 9-2 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Elijah<\/st1:GivenName> Dukes<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in three runs for Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> and Ryan<\/st1:GivenName> Zimmerman<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was 3-5 with three runs scored in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves defeated the Dodgers 8-2 as a -130 favorite on Sunday. The 10 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt<\/st1:GivenName> Diaz<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was 3-4 with a home run and two RBI for Atlanta<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, while Javier<\/st1:GivenName> Vazquez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> allowed one run on five hits over eight innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Washington<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:State> has won 8 straight games.
Atlanta<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>: 40-72 SU
Atlanta: 58-54 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Washington most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 3-7
Before playing Atlanta are 4-6
After playing Arizona are 5-5
After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Washington are 5-5
After playing LA Dodgers are 6-4
After a win are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Washington’s last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington’s last 6 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 6 games
Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 6 games when playing Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 6 games when playing at home against Washington<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Atlanta<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>, Wednesday, August 12<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Washington Nationals on Tuesday when they battle the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. John Lannan will be the starting pitcher for the Nationals on this day. Lefthander Lannan is 8-8 this season with a 3.39 ERA. The Braves will counter Lannan with Tommy Hanson. Righthander … Continue reading Nationals-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-5231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5231","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=5231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}