Braves vie for more home success against road-challenged Mets
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08/03/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A return home for the National League East-leading Atlanta Braves was enough to get their offense back on track. For the visiting New York Mets, not so much.
Atlanta hopes to pick up its second straight victory on its seven-game
homestand while dealing New York a third straight loss in this evening's
middle portion of a three-game series at Turner Field.
The Braves batted just .190 over a recently-completed 3-6 road trip, but broke
out for 11 hits in last night's 4-1 victory. Starting pitcher Tim Hudson then
did his job, holding the Mets to a run over six innings.
Rick Ankiel, acquired from the Royals before the trade deadline, notched his
first hit with the Braves -- a two-run single in the first inning -- and
Chipper Jones homered in the seventh inning for his first long ball since July
15.
"I don't care how old you are, you can use a confidence boost," said Jones of
his eighth homer of the season. "It was a good feeling."
The victory pushed Atlanta's lead over idle Philadelphia in the division to
three games, while the Mets fell 7 1/2 games back of the Braves. Atlanta also
improved its MLB-best home record to 35-13, while New York lost on the road
for the 16th time in 21 games.
The Braves were without All-Star second baseman Martin Prado, who was placed
on the 15-day disabled list after suffering a broken right pinkie on Friday.
Carlos Beltran drove in New York's lone run with a fifth-inning double, while
Johan Santana allowed four runs with a season-high 11 strikeouts over seven
innings.
"It was a tough one," said Santana about the loss. "I came here and I knew
that I had to step up. I didn't do my job, because to get a win here would put
us closer to these guys. Instead it is the opposite. I tried to do my best but
it didn't work out."
New York has lost three of its last four overall and has been outscored 18-2
over its last two games.
The Mets might like their chances tonight as long as knuckleballer R.A. Dickey
can continue his surprising run. The 35-year-old is 7-4 with an excellent 2.32
earned run average on the season and snapped a four-decision losing streak on
Thursday versus St. Louis.
Dickey allowed just four hits over 8 1/3 scoreless innings in that game and
hasn't allowed a run in his last two starts. He picked up his first victory
since June 23.
The right-hander faced the Braves for the first time as a starter on July 9
following a pair of previous relief outings. Dickey took the loss, however,
yielding four runs -- three earned -- over 6 2/3 frames.
The Braves counter with Derek Lowe, who is just 1-4 with a 5.03 ERA over his
last six starts. He lost to Washington on Thursday after getting charged with
four runs on five hits over five innings of work.
The right-hander is 10-9 with a 4.58 ERA this year and 3-5 with a pair of
saves and 6.61 ERA in 15 lifetime meetings with the Mets, nine of those
starts. Lowe, 27, has lost both starts to New York in 2010 despite a 3.65 ERA.
The Braves have beaten the Mets in 12 of the last 17 overall meetings and are
16-5 at home versus them since the 2008 season.
<< A-Rod tries again for No. 600 vs. Jays
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Will tonight be the night?
Alex Rodriguez's quest to become the youngest player to 600 home runs
continues this evening when the New York Yankees resume a three-game set with
the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadi
<< Rays, Twins resume four-game set at the Trop
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Rays try to move into sole possession of
first place in the American League East this evening when they continue their
four-game series with the Minnesota Twins at Tropicana Field.
Tampa Bay is now ti
<< Nats seek to extend strong play in test with Diamondbacks
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After getting their current West Coast trip off to a
successful start, the Washington Nationals will try to maintain their strong
play of late when the club continues a four-game series with the Arizona
Diamondbacks tonight a
<< A's shoot for another win over KC
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Oakland Athletics try to beat the Kansas City Royals
for the sixth straight time this evening when the two ballclubs continue their
three-game series at the Coliseum.
Trevor Cahill was absolutely brilliant for t
<< Dodgers hope to get lift from Lilly versus Padres
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) -- With their backs squarely against the wall, the Los
Angeles Dodgers hope to receive an immediate boost from one of their new
acquisitions in tonight's showdown with the visiting San Diego Padres.
The two-time defending Na
Halladay aims for more Miami magic in Phils-Marlins tilt >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Injuries and inconsistency have plagued the two-time
defending National League champion Philadelphia Phillies all season long.
Tonight they return to the location of one of their brightest points of this
year.
Roy Hallada
Cubs rookie to face potent Brewers offense in debut >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs' Thomas Diamond has waited a long time to
pitch in the major leagues. Luck might not be on his side tonight, given how
the Milwaukee Brewers swung the bats on Monday.
Diamond will make his major league deb
Report: Favre set to retire >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brett Favre has reportedly decided to
retire for a third time.
According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the future Hall of Fame quarterback
has informed Minnesota Vikings officials that he won't
Wolves waive Delonte West >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Timberwolves have waived
guard Delonte West, who had just been acquired from Cleveland in a trade last
week.
West played the past 2 1/2 seasons with Cleveland and last year averaged 8.
Sim re-ups with Isles >>
Uniondale, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Islanders have agreed to terms
on a one-year, two-way contract with forward Jon Sim.
Sim, 32, appeared in 77 games with the Islanders last season, posting 13 goals
and nine assists.
"Jon br
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| EAST |
National Championship |
Region |
| Arkansas |
300-1 |
50-1 |
| Belmont |
|
1000-1 |
| Boston College |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| Eastern KY |
|
1000-1 |
| George Washington |
|
75-1 |
| Georgetown |
10-1 |
3-2 |
| Marquette |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| Michigan State |
100-1 |
25-1 |
| New Mexico St. |
500-1 |
200-1 |
| UNC |
6-1 |
6-5 |
| Oral Roberts |
|
500-1 |
| Texas |
15-1 |
5-1 |
| Texas Tech |
200-1 |
5-1 |
| USC |
75-1 |
20-1 |
| Vanderbilt |
100-1 |
30-1 |
| Washington State |
40-1 |
15-1 |
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| WEST |
|
|
| Duke |
50-1 |
10-1 |
| Florida A&M |
|
1000-1 |
| Gonzaga |
200-1 |
40-1 |
| Holy Cross |
|
300-1 |
| Illinois |
300-1 |
60-1 |
| Indiana |
75-1 |
40-1 |
| Kansas |
5-1 |
13-10 |
| Kentucky |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| Niagara |
|
1000-1 |
| Pittsburgh |
40-1 |
8-1 |
| Southern Ill. |
50-1 |
12-1 |
| UCLA |
10-1 |
3-2 |
| VCU |
500-1 |
100-1 |
| Villanova |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| VA Tech |
50-1 |
15-1 |
| Weber St |
|
1000-1 |
| Wright St |
1000-1 |
300-1 |
|
|
|
| MIDWEST |
|
|
| Arizona |
50-1 |
30-1 |
| Butler |
40-1 |
30-1 |
| Davidson |
|
300-1 |
| Florida |
4-1 |
4-5 |
| Georgia Tech |
75-1 |
25-1 |
| Jackson State |
|
1000-1 |
| Maryland |
30-1 |
6-1 |
| Miami-OH |
|
300-1 |
| Notre Dame |
100-1 |
20-1 |
| ODU |
500-1 |
100-1 |
| Oregon |
40-1 |
6-1 |
| Purdue |
300-1 |
60-1 |
| Texas A&M CC |
|
1000-1 |
| UNLV |
100-1 |
30-1 |
| Winthrop |
500-1 |
100-1 |
| Wisconsin |
15-1 |
7-2 |
|
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| SOUTH |
|
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| Albany |
|
200-1 |
| BYU |
200-1 |
40-1 |
| Central CT St. |
|
1000-1 |
| Creighton |
100-1 |
35-1 |
| Long Beach St. |
500-1 |
200-1 |
| Louisville |
40-1 |
10-1 |
| Memphis |
30-1 |
4-1 |
| Nevada |
75-1 |
35-1 |
| North Texas |
|
500-1 |
| Ohio State |
7-1 |
6-5 |
| Penn |
|
500-1 |
| Stanford |
200-1 |
50-1 |
| Tennessee |
100-1 |
20-1 |
| Texas A&M |
12-1 |
11-5 |
| Virginia |
75-1 |
18-1 |
| Xavier |
100-1 |
40-1 |
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