{"id":6498,"date":"2009-04-27T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/cardinals-braves-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-27T07:12:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T12:12:00","slug":"cardinals-braves-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/cardinals-braves-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Braves Lines 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 St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Monday. <?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 Cardinals 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>Joel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 3-0 this season with a 4.12 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jair<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Braves. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-1 with a 1.42 ERA so far 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 142-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, 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 Cardinals lost to the Cubs 10-3 as a +110 underdog on Sunday. The 13 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Yadier<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Molina<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Rick<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ankiel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit solo homers for <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Todd<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wellemeyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up five runs on seven hits over five innings to take the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Braves lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 8-2 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The 10 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chipper Jones was 3-4 with a run scored for <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Kenshin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kawakami<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was roughed up for eight runs on eight hits in 4 2-3 innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 13-6 SU<br \/>Atlanta: 9-9 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 6-4<br \/>After playing Chi Cubs are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 2-8<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 6-4<br \/>After a loss 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 \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 7 games when playing St. Louis<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against St. Louis<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 12 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 18 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, April 28<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 St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Monday. The Cardinals will give the ball to starter Joel Pineiro in this one. Righthander Pineiro is 3-0 this season with a 4.12 ERA. Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be Jair Jurrjens &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/cardinals-braves-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cardinals-Braves Lines 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-6498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6498","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=6498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}