{"id":6509,"date":"2009-05-13T05:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-mets-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-13T05:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-13T10:43:00","slug":"braves-mets-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-mets-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Mets 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 Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Citi Field. <?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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Jo-Jo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Reyes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Reyes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-2 this season with a 5.48 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:Sn>Reyes<\/st2:Sn>&#8216;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jonathon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Niese<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Mets lefthander has a 3.00 ERA to go along with a 0-0 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Braves, 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\"><st2:GivenName>Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Beltran&#8217;s bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 10<sup>th<\/sup> inning lifted the Mets over the Braves 4-3 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> cashed as -125 home favorites as the game played UNDER the 9-run total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jose<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Reyes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-5 with two runs batted in for the Mets, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Rodriguez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mike<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pelfrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <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> was 3-for-4 with an RBI for <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bennett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was handed the loss after allowing the winning run in the 10<sup>th<\/sup> inning. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 16-17 SU<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 18-14 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 5-5<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing San Francisco are 8-2<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Atlanta is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Atlanta is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against NY Mets<br \/>NY Mets are 8-1 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>NY Mets are 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>NY Mets are 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Atlanta<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:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, May 15<br \/>NY Mets at <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, May 14<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 Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Citi Field. Jo-Jo Reyes will be the starting pitcher for the Braves on this day. Lefthander Reyes is 0-2 this season with a 5.48 ERA. Reyes&#8216;s opponent in this one will be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/braves-mets-lines-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves-Mets 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-6509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6509","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=6509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}