The Braves are red-hot winners of 5 straight games after a 0-4 start. They have yet to lose with Chipper Jones, who is hitting .417 with 2 HR and 5 RBI. <\/p>\n
Venue\/ Stadium: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia<\/strong> Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n The Mets are coming off a loss, but are still 6-4 this season and in 2nd place in the NL East with a 1 game lead over the Braves. MLB lines have the Braves as the favorites tonight with a run total of 7.5 runs.<\/p>\n Yesterday the Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 8-2 and the Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4.<\/p>\n This season the Mets have an O\/U record of 4-5 with a run-line W\/L record of 6-3 and the Braves have an O\/U record of 6-3 with a run-line W\/L record of 4-5.<\/p>\n The Mets have been getting solid pitching, but their offense has struggled ranking 26th in the Majors in runs scored.<\/p>\n Dillon Gee (0-1 5.06 ERA) is on the mound for New York tonight and in his last start took a loss after giving up 3 earned runs in his last outing facing Washington.<\/p>\n Tommy Hanson (1-1 2.70 ERA) is on the mound for Atlanta and he was solid in his last outing getting a win over Houston giving up 2 earned runs in 5 innings. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n Gee went 1-0 with a 3.21 ERA in 3 starts in Atlanta last season. Hanson only gave up 1 earned run in 5 innings in a loss to the Mets in New York in his first start of the season, but took the loss since the Braves did not score any runs.<\/p>\n David Wright is off to a sizzling start for the Mets, but he has really struggled in his career facing Hanson. In an interesting face Hanson has the 7th best ERA in the Majors since 2010.<\/p>\n Gee has to really worry about the heart of the Braves lineup with Jones and Jason Heyward and Brian McCann. All of these guys have 2 HR and Gee cannot make any mistakes facing them or they will make him pay.<\/p>\n The Mets have won their last 4 games against the Braves including taking 5 of their last 7 against them in Atlanta.<\/p>\n In some betting trends for this NL East match up the Mets are 7-3 in their last 10 overall, 11-5 in Gee’s last 16 road starts, and they have an Under record of 6-0 in their last 6 games vs. a right-handed starter.<\/p>\n The Braves are 0-8 in their last 8 games vs. National League East teams, 14-6 in Hanson’s last 20 starts, and they have an Over record of 6-1 in their last 7 games.<\/p>\n
\nTime\/Date: 7:10 PM EST Monday, April 16, 2012<\/strong>
\nNCAA Odds From: Bovada<\/a><\/strong>
\nMoneyline: Braves -169 \/ Mets +150 <\/strong>
\nOver\/Under:\u00a0 7.5 runs <\/strong><\/p>\n