Baseball:USA:MLB on 02.06.2009 at 03:10Los Angeles Dodgers Vs Arizona Diamondbacks
Los Angeles Dodgers is 2.20 at Sportsinteraction
Arizona Diamondbacks in 2.63 at Betdaq
Funds in play:$500
Profit Expected:$585
Profit generated:$85
Regular Season Major League Baseball Game
San Francisco Giants is 2.25 at Sportsinteraction
Atlanta Braves is 2.59 at redbet
Funds in play:$500
Expected return:$602
Match Preview:
The Atlanta Braves seek a season-high fourth straight win this afternoon in the opener of a three-game series with the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park.
The Braves went 6-3 on their recent nine-game homestand, a residency they capped with a three-game sweep of Toronto. Atlanta next hits the road for seven straight and are 12-8 as the visiting club this year.
Atlanta got two home runs from Brian McCann in Sunday's 10-2 victory, which was sparked with a seven-run seventh inning.
"This is a huge, huge win (Sunday) going into this road trip," McCann said. "We've got to keep it up, playing great baseball as of late."
Kelly Johnson finished 3-for-5 with a double, homer and three RBI, while Diory Hernandez added his first two career hits and two runs scored for the Braves, who are now 1 1/2 games within first-place Philadelphia in the NL East.
Chipper Jones did not start any of the three games versus Toronto after aggravating a right toe injury on Thursday, but he did pinch-hit on Sunday and drove in the first run of the big seventh frame. Yunel Escobar, meanwhile, sat out Saturday and Sunday due to a strained right hip flexor.
Atlanta turns today to Javier Vazquez, who is 4-3 with a 3.39 earned run average this year and 3-0 with a 2.10 ERA in four road starts. The righty, though, did pick up his first home win of 2009 on Wednesday, as he allowed just one unearned run and three hits over five innings versus Colorado.
Vazquez is 5-6 with a 3.38 ERA in 14 games versus the Giants and has pitched well at AT&T Park, where he is 2-2 with a 2.56 ERA in six starts.
While the Braves have been rolling as of late, the Giants dropped Sunday's rubber match with Seattle, 5-4, to lose for the ninth time in their last 11 games. Barry Zito took the loss after going 6 1/3 innings and yielding five runs on as many hits with five strikeouts and five walks.
"I didn't really get in a groove today," said Zito. "I had some four-pitch walks, which is inexcusable."
Fred Lewis had a solo homer, while Aaron Rowand and Edgar Renteria drove in a run apiece for San Francisco. With Pablo Sandoval out with a strained right elbow and regular catcher Bengie Molina in need of a break, Eli Whiteside had his contract purchased prior to the game and went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
Sandoval, who was hurt on Saturday, will be examined again today for the Giants.
Though 0-3 with a 5.26 ERA over his last five outings, today's starter for San Francisco, Jonathan Sanchez, is coming off one of his best performances of the season. On Wednesday in San Diego, the lefty allowed just a pair of runs on two hits and three walks over six innings, but took a hard-luck 2-1 loss.
Sanchez is 1-4 with a 4.74 ERA this year, but is 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA in three home starts. He has struggled versus Atlanta, going 0-2 with a 7.04 ERA in three games against the club, just one of those starts.
The Giants won five of seven versus the Braves last year, taking two of three at home.
Profit Generated:$102
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