{"id":16243,"date":"2011-06-27T17:40:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T22:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=16243"},"modified":"2011-06-27T17:40:12","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T22:40:12","slug":"atlanta-in-the-northwest-braves-travel-to-seattle-to-face-erik-bedard-and-the-mariners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/atlanta-in-the-northwest-braves-travel-to-seattle-to-face-erik-bedard-and-the-mariners-16243\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta in the Northwest: Braves travel to Seattle to face Erik Bedard and the Mariners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Braves (44-35) AT Seattle Mariners (39-39)<\/strong>
\nJune 27, 2011 at 10:10 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 SEA -115, ATL -105<\/strong>
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 SEA -114, ATL -105<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 6.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 6.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

SP:\u00a0 ATL- Brandon Beachy; SEA- Erik Bedard<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bedard's ERA is under 3.00 and he still has a losing record.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first thing to notice about tonight’s game is its low total.\u00a0 Both Beachy and Bedard have been hot lately and the Mariners haven’t offered their pitchers much run support, so little in fact that it makes their 39-39 record seem impossible, if not for the fact that they have one of the best staffs in the MLB.<\/p>\n

Bedard, like ace Felix Hernandez, doesn’t ask for much when it comes to run support.\u00a0 His ERA is just a hair below 3.00 and despite that, he still has a losing record at 4-5.\u00a0 It’s hard to imagine a pitcher succeeding though when the offense is hitting .229 over their last 10 games and have scored 2 runs or less in 8 of those contests.\u00a0 On a positive note, Bedard is 8-2 in interleague play with a 1.69 ERA in his 17 interleague starts.<\/p>\n

On Sunday against the Marlins, the Mariners managed only 2 runs over 10 innings..but it was actually sufficient for a victory as they held Florida to only one run.\u00a0 The Marlins received a big contribution from rookie 2B Dustin Ackley, who both went 3 of 5 and scored the winning run.\u00a0 Ackley is hitting .300 and has performed brilliantly on both offense and defense since getting called up just 10 days ago.\u00a0 Sunday’s matchup was the first of what will likely be many multi-game hits in Ackley’s future.<\/p>\n

Mariners manager Eric Wedge has been nothing but impressed, commenting on the obvious implication I just made…”He’ll only get better the longer he’s here.”\u00a0 Mariners fans and management have to hope that time is longer than what they have managed with prospects in the past.\u00a0 Alex Rodriguez did, afterall, begin his career a Mariner.<\/p>\n

Atlanta pitcher Brandon Beachy, also a rookie, has performed equally as brilliantly as Seattle’s rookie.\u00a0 He’s 2-1 so far with a 3.22 ERA and in his return Wednesday night against Toronto, he allowed only 1 run in 6 innings while fanning 11 batters.\u00a0 The one who might know best, Braves catcher Brian McCann, had this to say about Beachy:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s looked good all year…We feel confident when he\u2019s out there. He throws strikes and goes right after hitters. He gives you a chance to win every time he goes out there. You can\u2019t ask for anything more.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Braves had a four game win streak going but dropped 2 of 3 in their last series against the San Diego Padres.\u00a0 While the run support has been good for most of the year, the Braves managed to only get 2 hits in a 10-1 slaughter, despite their starter Tim Hudson pitching six scoreless innings.\u00a0 Dan Uggla hasn’t helped that cause all season and he went 0 of 4 to pull his batting average down even further to the worst in the National League at .177.\u00a0 And it’s not just his inability to get hits; he’s not drawing walks either.\u00a0 His OBP is .244<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s lat 7 games and the Braves are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER In 5 of the Braves’ last 7 games on the road and the Braves are 7-3 SU in their last 10 games on the road.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 4 of the last 6 games the Braves have played in Seattle.<\/p>\n

The total has gone UNDER in all 5 of Seattle’s last 5 games and they are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 5 of their last 5 home games, as well, while the Mariners are 12-6 SU in their last 18 games at home.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle’s last 6 games against the Braves.<\/p>\n

As mentioned in the onset, the total is low for this one and it has all the makings of a true pitcher’s duel…It’s hard to say which pitcher has the upper hand given the fact that Beachy has so little experience, but has been so very good in what we have actually seen so far.\u00a0 The Braves have a more potent offense, however, and the betting lines are near even.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Braves (44-35) AT Seattle Mariners (39-39) June 27, 2011 at 10:10 PM EST Opening Line:\u00a0 SEA -115, ATL -105 Current Line:\u00a0 SEA -114, ATL -105 Opening Total:\u00a0 6.5 Current Total:\u00a0 6.5 SP:\u00a0 ATL- Brandon Beachy; SEA- Erik Bedard The first thing to notice about tonight’s game is its low total.\u00a0 Both Beachy and Bedard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":15585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[243,220],"class_list":["post-16243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-seattle-mariners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16243","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=16243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16245,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16243\/revisions\/16245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}