Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Phillies +160 / Braves -170 O/U 8.5 runs
Time: 7:10 PM EST Tuesday April 20, 2010
Tonight in a NL East match up the Atlanta Braves host the Philadelphia Phillies. This is the opening game in the series and even though the Phillies are in the lead in the division the Braves are hot on their heels and have won 4 of their last 5 games. Since the Phillies began the season on fire winning 7 of their first 8 games they have cooled off losing 3 of their last 4.
The Braves are coming off a win and are 5-5 in their last 10 games and the Phillies have lost 2 straight and are 6-4 in their last 10 games. The Braves only trail the Phillies by 1 game in the NL East.
This season the Braves are 4-2 at home and the Phillies are 5-1 on the road.
In their last games Atlanta beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Sunday with a walk-off HR and the Phillies were blanked 2-0 by the Florida Marlins also on Sunday.
Taking the mound for the Braves tonight is Tommy Hanson (1-1 2.38 ERA), who was solid in his last start only giving up 1 earned run and earning a win. On the hill tonight for the Phillies is Kyle Kendrick (0-0 17.47 ERA), who had a horrible last outing lasting only 1 inning and giving up 6 earned runs, but got a no decision.
Hanson has an arm and already has 14 strikeouts this season in only 11 innings of work. Last season Hanson was 0-2 with a 6.43 ERA against the Phillies.
Even though Kendrick has not started off the season well, to say the least, he is 4-1 with a 3.29 ERA in 7 career appearances against Atlanta.
Dating back to last season the Phillies are 0-5 in Kendrick’s last 5 road starts.
Hanson will try to cool off a Philly offense that has scored the most runs in the Majors so far this season (78).
Atlanta’s offense has been decent and has been getting clutch hits, but as a team they only have a batting average of .233.
Chase Utley leads the NL in HR’s and Ryan Howard ranks in the top 20 so Hanson has to pitch around these guys and not let the Phillies beat them with the long ball.
Braves’ rookie Jason Heyward hit the walk-off HR in their last game and through is first 12 games in the big leagues he is hitting over .300 with 3 HR’s and 15 RBI’s.
Betting Trends
Philadelphia is 5-1 in their last 6 road games and is 4-1 in their last 5 road games against a right-handed starter.
Atlanta is 4-1 in their last 5 games as a home favorite, 4-1 in their last 5 games on grass, and has an Over record of 4-0 in their last 4 series opening games.
Dating back to last season the Phillies have won 13 of their last 18 games in Atlanta.
Our Selection : Phillies' starter K. Kendrick has pitched well in the past against the Braves, but the last time he faced them was back in July 2008. Atlanta's starter T. Hanson continues to prove that he has one of the best young arms in the league.Take the Braves -1.5 +130 at Bodog.
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