{"id":14784,"date":"2011-04-09T15:25:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T20:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=14784"},"modified":"2011-04-09T15:27:34","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T20:27:34","slug":"nl-betting-cincinnati-reds-at-arizona-diamondbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nl-betting-cincinnati-reds-at-arizona-diamondbacks-14784\/","title":{"rendered":"NL Betting: Cincinnati Reds at Arizona Diamondbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Reds (5-2) AT Arizona Diamondbacks (3-3)<\/strong>
\nApril 9, 2011 at 8:10 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Runline:\u00a0 CIN -1.5 +145; ARI +1.5 -165 <\/strong>
\nCurrent Runline:\u00a0 CIN -1.5 +155; ARI +1.5 -175<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 CIN -120, ARI +100<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 EVEN<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 9<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 8.5<\/strong>
\nSP:\u00a0 CIN- B. Arroyo; ARI- D. Hudson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bronson Arroyo has experienced success against the Diamondbacks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cincinnati started the season 5-0 and persisted to be the last team in the NL that had an undefeated record.\u00a0 Since that start, they have went on to lose two straight, one to the Astros and another here in Arizona, but they still sit half a game ahead of Pittsburgh (really?) for the lead in the NL Central.<\/p>\n

Arizona is coming off a very impressive 13-2 romping of the Reds yesterday.\u00a0 Three Diamondback players (Justin Upton, Kelly Johnson, and Chris Young) homered off Reds’ relief pitcher Matt Maloney.\u00a0 The Diamondbacks also finished the game with a season high 13 hits.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great atmosphere,\u201d Diamondbacks Manager Kirk Gibson said. \u201cYou wish they could all be this way but it doesn\u2019t happen. We know we\u2019re in for a big fight (tomorrow).”<\/p>\n

Arizona’s starter Daniel Hudson was very impressive down the stretch last season.\u00a0 He went 3-1 with a 1.87 ERA after being acquired from the White Sox.\u00a0 His lone loss, however, was to the Reds on August 17th.\u00a0 Hudson received the loss for his last outing, despite pitching a decent game.\u00a0 He gave up only 3 runs in 6 innings.\u00a0 His PECOTA projections for the season are for a 10-7 record with a 3.80 ERA.\u00a0 In 8 of his first 9 seasons in the league he has held his ERA under 3.50, so a 3.80 projection does seem a bit on the high side, but we’ll trust Baseball Prospectus’ superior analysis.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati is sending Bronson Arroyo to the mound again.\u00a0 He received a victory for his first outing this season despite being very sick with mononucleosis.\u00a0 He is probable for today’s game, but could be a last minute scratch.\u00a0 Last game against Milwaukee, Arroyo threw 65 of his 87 pitches for strikes, or 74.7%.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s in good shape. He knows how to pace himself and knows his body, probably as well as anybody I\u2019ve had,\u201d Reds manager Dusty Baker said.\u00a0 \u201cHe takes pride in winning, innings pitched and going deep in ballgames.\u201d\u00a0 Arroyo also went 2-0 against Arizona last season in 2 starts, logging an impressive 2.70 ERA.\u00a0 Arroyo is known for pitching deep in games, so tonight might represent a rest for the Cincinnati bullpen.\u00a0 Arroyo’s PECOTA projections are a 13-12 record with a 4.31 ERA.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cincinnati’s last 5 games and the Reds are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 1-6 SU in their last 7 on the road and the total has gone OVER in 5 of Cincinnati’s last 7 games against the Arizona Diamondbacks.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 1-6 SU in their last 7 on the road and the total has gone OVER in 5 of their last 7 against Arizona.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 12-4 SU in their last 16 against the Diamondbacks and the total has gone OVER in 4 of Cincinnati’s last 6 games on the road against Arizona.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 8-1 SU in their last 9 games on the road in Arizona.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 13 of the Reds’ 19 games on the road against the Arizona Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n

The total has gone OVER in 4 of the Diamondbacks’ last 6 games and Arizona is 4-8 SU in their last 12 games.\u00a0 Arizona is 7-1 SU in their last 8 at home and the total has gone OVER in 5 of their last 7 against the Reds.\u00a0 Arizona is 4-12 SU in their last 16 against the Reds and they are 1-8 SU in their last 9 against Cincinnati at home.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 13 of the Reds’ last 19 games at home against the Reds and the total has gone OVER in 4 of the Diamondbacks’ last 6 games at home against the Reds.<\/p>\n

ARIZONA HOT BATTERS: <\/strong><\/p>\n

– Brandon Phillips (.393, 5 RBIs)
\n– Joey Votto (.407, 2 HR, 5 RBIs)<\/p>\n

CINCINNATI HOT BATTERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Miguel Montero (.545, 2 HR, 4 RBI)
\n– Justin Upton (.231, 2 HR, 5 RBI)<\/p>\n

Given Bronson Arroyo’s success with the Diamondbacks, it’s hard to imagine Cincinnati losing this game, despite the even odds, since the initial shift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Reds (5-2) AT Arizona Diamondbacks (3-3) April 9, 2011 at 8:10 PM EST Opening Runline:\u00a0 CIN -1.5 +145; ARI +1.5 -165 Current Runline:\u00a0 CIN -1.5 +155; ARI +1.5 -175 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 CIN -120, ARI +100 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 EVEN Opening Total:\u00a0 9 Current Total:\u00a0 8.5 SP:\u00a0 CIN- B. Arroyo; ARI- D. Hudson Cincinnati started the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":4589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[50,78],"class_list":["post-14784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-cincinnati-reds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14784"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14787,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14784\/revisions\/14787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}