Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Atlanta Braves and the Colorado Rockies will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Coors Field. The Braves will give the ball to starter Tim Hudson in this one. Righthander Hudson is 14-5 this season with a 2.15 ERA. It'll be Jason Hammel toeing the rubber for the Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the The Braves thrashed the Cubs 16-5 as a -130 favorite on Sunday. The 21 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (7.5). Jason Heyward was 4-4 with two home runs and four RBI for The Jhoulys Chacin pitched 7 2-3 shutout innings and allowed only three hits with nine strikeouts for Team records: Colorado: 63-60 SU Atlanta most recently: When playing on Monday are 5-5 Before playing Colorado are 7-3 After playing Chi Cubs are 5-5 After a win are 6-4 Colorado most recently: When playing on Monday are 7-3 Before playing Atlanta are 4-6 After playing Arizona are 5-5 After a win are 2-8 A few trends to consider: Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road Atlanta is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 6 games on the road Atlanta is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Colorado The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 5 games Colorado is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home The total has gone OVER in 6 of Colorado's last 9 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 6 games when playing Atlanta Next up: Stevie Vincent is literally 20-25 years ahead of the oddsmakers and they will be the first to admit. His forensic sports handicapping is groundbreaking and there is nothing the books have been able to do to stop him. |