{"id":5605,"date":"2009-09-17T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-odds-mets-vs-braves\/"},"modified":"2009-09-17T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T14:33:00","slug":"mlb-odds-mets-vs-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/mlb-odds-mets-vs-braves\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Odds: Mets vs Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves will meet on the field at Turner Field on Thursday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Mets will trot Nelson Figueroa out to the mound in this one. Righthander Figueroa has a 1-5 record and a 4.94 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Figueroa’s opponent in this one will be Jair Jurrjens. The Braves righthander has a 2.81 ERA to go along with a 11-10 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 260-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves scored twice in the bottom of the ninth inning on Wednesday, as the Braves came from behind to defeat the Mets 6-5. The Braves won the game as -230 favorites, while the 11 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Omar Infante had two hits and drove in a pair of runs to lead the way. Eric O’Flaherty picked up the win in relief. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Josh Thole had two runs batted in for the Mets, who were +200 underdogs. Francisco Rodriguez gave up the winning run in relief, suffering his fifth loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 4 straight games.
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 6 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 63-83 SU
Atlanta: 77-68 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New York most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Washington are 5-5
After playing Atlanta are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing Philadelphia are 8-2
After playing NY Mets are 8-2
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
NY Mets are 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
NY Mets are 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta
NY Mets are 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
NY Mets are 1-8 SU in its last 9 games
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against NY Mets
Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing NY Mets<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
NY Mets home to Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, September 18
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, September 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves will meet on the field at Turner Field on Thursday in a battle of division rivals. The Mets will trot Nelson Figueroa out to the mound in this one. Righthander Figueroa has a 1-5 record and a 4.94 ERA this season. Figueroa’s opponent in this one will … Continue reading MLB Odds: Mets vs Braves<\/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-5605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5605","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=5605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}