{"id":37965,"date":"2011-05-06T09:57:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T16:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=37965"},"modified":"2011-05-06T10:21:57","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T17:21:57","slug":"odds-braves-vs-phillies-gambling-prediction-preview-6511","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/mlb-baseball\/odds-braves-vs-phillies-gambling-prediction-preview-6511\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting \u2013 Atlanta vs. Philadelphia Preview & Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday MLB Baseball Picks: Braves vs Phillies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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MLB Betting \u2013 Braves vs Phillies Preview & Pick<\/strong>
\nDate: <\/strong>Friday, May 6, 2011
\nVenue: <\/strong>Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA
\nBroadcast: <\/strong>SPSO
\nAtlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies Betting Lines from BetOnline.com<\/strong>
\nMoney Line: <\/strong>Braves +141, Phillies -151
\nOver\/Under: <\/strong>7.5
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Atlanta Braves (17-15 through May 4)<\/strong>
\nDerek Lowe (2-3, 3.72)<\/p>\n

Here come the Atlanta Braves. Their starting rotation of Derek Lowe, Tommy Hanson, Brandon Beachy, Tim Hudson and Jair Jurrjens has pulled its weight all season but the offense hasn\u2019t. Until now, that is. Through Wednesday\u2019s action, the Braves had scored at least six runs in four straight games. Slowly but surely, the bats are coming around.<\/p>\n

Derek Lowe will face the Phillies on Friday. The sinkerballer\u2019s strikeout rate has never been better but he\u2019s come back to Earth slightly after a hot start, allowing four-plus runs in two of his last three starts.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Phillies (20-9 through May 4)<\/strong>
\nCliff Lee (2-2, 3.66)<\/p>\n

The Philadelphia Phillies are still waiting for their offensive explosion \u2013 Chase Utley is on the way back from injury \u2013 but their record still sparkles because their stacked starting rotation has delivered. Cliff Lee\u2019s ERA is a bit higher than expected at 3.66 but he only has six walks and he\u2019s struck out 44 guys in 39.1 innings, suggesting he\u2019s simply been unlucky.<\/p>\n

The last time Lee faced Atlanta, however, they got the better of him, drilling him for 10 hits and six runs to chase him from the game after 3.1 innings on April 8. It was trend, not fluke: Lee has a 6.98 ERA over four career starts versus the Braves. \"Bet<\/a><\/p>\n

MLB Trends:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over is 7-1 in ATL last 8 Fri. games.
\nOver is 12-3-1 in ATL last 16 overall.
\nOver is 12-3-1 in ATL last 16 on grass.
\nPHI are 21-7 in their last 28 Fri. games.
\nPHI are 53-21 in their last 74 overall.
\nPHI are 53-21 in their last 74 games on grass.
\nATL are 2-7 in the last 9 meetings.<\/p>\n

The pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The time feels right to ride the Braves while they\u2019re hot. Lee is still a dominant force but he\u2019s catching the Atlanta hitters at the wrong moment. Though the samples are small, many Braves have a good history against Lee, including Brian McCann (.600), Nate McLouth (.400), Martin Prado (.375) Alex Gonzalez (.357).<\/p>\n

Lowe, meanwhile, is 4-2 with a 2.96 ERA at Citizens Bank Park. He can handle the depleted Phillies roster and just might get some solid run support on Friday.<\/p>\n

Braves vs Phillies prediction: <\/strong>Braves 5, Phillies 3<\/p>\n

Money Line: Braves +141
\nOver\/Under: OVER 7.5<\/p>\n

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Shea weighs in with his MLB Free Pick for tonight. It\u2019s the Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies matching up at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies are currently 151-moneyline favorites\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":23224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[47732,47733,47618,30954,28782,28783,28784,28785,111,13510,112,28780,28781,27271,2058,678,683,686],"class_list":["post-37965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-2011-major-league-baseball","tag-2011-mlb-betting","tag-2011-mlb-picks","tag-atlanta-braves-vs-philadelphia-phillies","tag-atlanta-braves-vs-philadelphia-phillies-gambling","tag-atlanta-braves-vs-philadelphia-phillies-pick","tag-atlanta-philadelphia-betting","tag-atlanta-philadelphia-odds","tag-baseball-picks","tag-baseball-prediction","tag-baseball-predictions","tag-braves-phillies-lines","tag-braves-phillies-odds","tag-major-league-baseball-betting-odds","tag-mlb-baseball-betting","tag-mlb-betting","tag-mlb-handicapping","tag-mlb-pick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37965"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37986,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37965\/revisions\/37986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}