San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves Betting Odds
Opening Moneyline: Braves -170 / Padres +150 / Run Total 8
Time: 7:10 PM EST Tuesday July 20, 2010
Tonight's match up is one of a couple of first place teams, as the Braves lead the NL East with a 5.5 game lead over the New York Mets and the Padres lead the NL West with a 4 game lead over the San Francisco Giants.
The Padres have been one of the more surprising team this season and the reason they are in first place is that they have the best team ERA in the Majors. They will have to pitch well since their offense is not dynamic not ranking in the top 20 in batting average, hits, HR's, and RBI's.
San Diego has won four in a row and is 6-4 in their last 10 games and Atlanta is coming off a win and is also 6-4 in their last 10 games.
This season the Braves are a MLB best 32-12 at home and the Padres are 24-18 on the road.
In their last games on Sunday the Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 11-6 and the Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 to complete a sweep.
The winner of this series will own the best record in the NL and the Braves have not lost a home series since April.
Jair Jurrjens (2-3 4.75 ERA) is on the hill for Atlanta tonight and in his last outing was solid only giving up 1 earned run in 6 innings in a win. Wade LeBlanc (4-7 3.30 ERA) is on the mound for San Diego and in his last start he gave up 4 earned runs in 5 innings in a loss.
Since coming off the DL with a hamstring injury Jurrjens is 2-0 with a 2.55 ERA.
LeBlanc (4-7, 3.30) will be looking for his first win since June 12th and he has not received a lot of run support lately. He has an ERA of 5.12 ERA on the road this season as opposed to a 2.36 ERA at home.
San Diego is 1-5 in LeBlanc's last 6 starts against teams with a winning record and Atlanta is 4-0 in Jurrjens' last 4 home starts.
Betting Trends
San Diego is 4-1 in their last 5 games facing a right-handed starter, 2-5 in their last 7 games against teams with a winning record, and have an Over record of 4-0 in their last 4 games.
Atlanta is 4-1 in their last 5 games against teams with a winning record, 22-6 in their last 28 home games, and has an Under record of 13-6-2 in their last 21 games.
In the last 5 games between these 2 teams the total has gone Over 4 times.
Our Selection : The Braves have hit left handers well this season and and the Padres bats have been on fire as of late making the total number of 8 easily reachable.
Take the OVER 8 at 5Dimes.
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