{"id":5287,"date":"2009-08-15T08:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-15T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-braves-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-15T08:29:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-15T13:29:00","slug":"phillies-braves-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-braves-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies-Braves Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves meet at Turner Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ace Cole<\/st2:GivenName> Hamels<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Phillies on this day. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Hamels<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-7 this season with a 4.77 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Kenshin<\/st2:GivenName> Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Braves in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-9 with a 4.12 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 123-moneyline favorites versus the Braves, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Howard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a solo home run in the ninth inning to lift the Phillies past the Braves 3-2 in the series-opener on Friday, as +120 underdogs. The team’s played UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chase<\/st2:GivenName> Utley<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> launched a two-run homer for the other Phillies runs. Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Madson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> earned the win in relief, and Brad<\/st2:GivenName> Lidge<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> closed out the ninth for his 22nd<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chipper Jones went 2-for-4 with one RBI for the Braves, who were -140 favorites. Rafael<\/st2:GivenName> Soriano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up the winning run and suffered the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 65-48 SU
Atlanta: 60-55 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Philadelphia most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Atlanta are 3-7
After playing Atlanta are 4-6
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Philadelphia are 9-1
After playing Philadelphia are 8-2
After a loss are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Philadelphia is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Philadelphia is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta
Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia
Atlanta is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games at home
Atlanta is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, August 16<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves meet at Turner Field. Ace Cole Hamels will be the starting pitcher for the Phillies on this day. Lefthander Hamels is 7-7 this season with a 4.77 ERA. It’ll be Kenshin Kawakami toeing the rubber for … Continue reading Phillies-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-5287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5287","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=5287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}