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The New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Turner Field.
Oliver Perez will be the starting pitcher for the Mets on this day. Lefthander Perez is 10-7 this season with a 4.09 ERA.
Perez’s opponent in this one will be Jo-Jo Reyes. The Braves lefthander has a 5.21 ERA to go along with a 3-11 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 143-moneyline favorites versus the Braves, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Mets won the series finale with a 7-2 win over the Nationals on Thursday, as -220 favorites. The nine runs made it OVER the posted over/under (8).
Brian Schneider belted two home runs to propel the Mets. Johan Santana allowed one run off eight hits in seven innings of work in the win.
The Braves fell 4-3 to the Phillies and were swept in the three-game series on Thursday. The Braves were +190 underdogs in that game, while the seven runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9).
Casey Lotchman homered in a losing effort. Mike Hampton gave up four runs in seven innings of work.
Current streak:
Team records:
Atlanta: 67-86 SU New York most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3 Before playing Atlanta are 5-5 After playing Washington are 7-3 After a win are 6-4 Atlanta most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of NY Mets’s last 14 games when playing on the road against Atlanta NY Mets are 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road NY Mets are 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets’s last 6 games on the road Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against NY Mets The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Atlanta’s last 14 games when playing at home against NY Mets The total has gone OVER in 7 of Atlanta’s last 9 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 6 games Next up:
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