{"id":5296,"date":"2009-08-16T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-braves-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-16T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-16T13:34:00","slug":"phillies-braves-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-braves-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies-Braves 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 fans at Turner Field will be treated to a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Sunday. <?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 Phillies 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>JA<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Happ<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Happ<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-2 this season with a 2.81 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Happ&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Javier<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Vazquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Braves righthander has a 2.90 ERA to go along with a 10-7 record 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 125-moneyline favorites versus the Phillies, 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\">The Braves scored twice in the ninth inning to come back and defeat the Phillies 4-3 on Saturday, as +110 underdogs. The seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brian<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>McCann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> launched a two-run homer for the Braves, while Omar Infante drove in the winning run. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Peter<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Moylan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed a scoreless ninth to earn the win in relief. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jayson<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Werth<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered in a losing effort for the Phillies, who were -130 favorites. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brad<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lidge<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered the winning run and was tagged with the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 65-49 SU<br \/>Atlanta: 61-55 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 8-2<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing NY Mets are 5-5<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 9-1<br \/>After a win are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>Philadelphia is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>Atlanta is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Atlanta is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<br \/>Atlanta is 14-5 SU in its last 19 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>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, August 18<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at NY Mets, Tuesday, August 18<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 fans at Turner Field will be treated to a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Sunday. The Phillies will give the ball to starter JA Happ in this one. Lefthander Happ is 6-2 this season with a 2.81 ERA. Happ&#8217;s opponent in this one will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-braves-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phillies-Braves 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-5296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5296","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=5296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}