{"id":6578,"date":"2009-05-01T07:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/astros-braves-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-01T07:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T12:31:00","slug":"astros-braves-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/astros-braves-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Braves Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Turner Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Mike<\/st1:GivenName> Hampton<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this game. Hampton<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has a 1-1 record and a 3.86 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves will counter Hampton<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> with ace Derek<\/st1:GivenName> Lowe<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Lowe<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> has a 3.10 ERA to go along with a 2-1 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros were shut out 3-0 by the Reds last time out, as +130 underdogs. The team’s played UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Felipe<\/st1:GivenName> Paulino<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> surrendered six hits and two runs over 5 2-3 innings in taking the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves were defeated 5-3 by the Cardinals last time out, as -120 favorites. That game’s eight runs went as a PUSH against the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Omar Infante had three hits and drove in one run. Javier<\/st1:GivenName> Vazquez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up nine hits and five runs over eight innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 9-13 SU
Atlanta: 10-11 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing Atlanta are 5-5
After playing Cincinnati are 7-3
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing Houston are 5-5
After playing St. Louis are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Houston’s last 9 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston’s last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston’s last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Atlanta’s last 9 games when playing Houston
Atlanta is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Atlanta’s last 9 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Atlanta<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Saturday, May 2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Turner Field. The Astros will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Mike Hampton in this game. Hampton has a 1-1 record and a 3.86 ERA this season. The Braves will counter Hampton with … Continue reading Astros-Braves Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6578","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=6578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}