{"id":5298,"date":"2009-08-17T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-braves-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-17T06:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-17T11:33:00","slug":"diamondbacks-braves-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/diamondbacks-braves-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks-Braves Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Atlanta Braves will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Turner Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Diamondbacks will give the ball to starter Max<\/st2:GivenName> Scherzer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Scherzer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-6 this season with a 3.96 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Tommy<\/st2:GivenName> Hanson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Braves in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Hanson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-2 with a 3.05 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 180-moneyline favorites versus the Diamondbacks, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Diamondbacks lost to the Dodgers 9-3 as a +150 underdog on Sunday. The 12 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rusty<\/st2:GivenName> Ryal<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run for Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Yusmeiro Petit was pounded for seven runs on nine hits in four innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves lost to Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 4-1 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (7.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Diaz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-4 with a solo home run for Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Javier<\/st2:GivenName> Vazquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up four runs on six hits in seven innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 54-64 SU
Atlanta: 61-56 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 4-6
After playing LA Dodgers are 3-7
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing NY Mets are 5-5
After playing Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 8-2
After a loss are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Arizona is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Arizona’s last 12 games when playing Atlanta
Arizona is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games
Atlanta is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
Atlanta is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 18
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at NY Mets, Tuesday, August 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Atlanta Braves will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Turner Field. The Diamondbacks will give the ball to starter Max Scherzer in this one. Righthander Scherzer is 7-6 this season with a 3.96 ERA. It’ll be Tommy Hanson toeing the rubber for the Braves … Continue reading Diamondbacks-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-5298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298","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=5298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}