Mets vs Braves Baseball Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Monday when the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves meet at Turner Field. The Mets will give the ball to starter Patrick Misch in this one. Lefthander Misch is 0-3 this season with a 3.50 ERA. The Braves will counter Misch with Jair Jurrjens. Righthander Jurrjens has a 4.36 ERA to go along with a 5-4 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 200-moneyline favorites versus the Mets, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Mets defeated Houston 5-1 as a -165 favorite on Sunday. The six runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (7). Josh Thole was 2-3 with a solo home run and two runs scored for the Mets, while R.A. Dickey allowed one run on six hits over seven innings. The Braves defeated Florida 7-6 as a -105 favorite on Sunday. The 13 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (7.5). Brian McCann hit a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning for Atlanta and Matt Diaz hit a two-run home run in the win. Current streak: Atlanta has won 2 straight games. Team records: New York: 65-65 SU Atlanta: 75-55 SU New York most recently: When playing on Monday are 5-5 Before playing Atlanta are 4-6 After playing Houston are 7-3 After a win are 2-8 Atlanta most recently: When playing on Monday are 6-4 Before playing NY Mets are 5-5 After playing Florida are 6-4 After a win are 6-4 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 12 of NY Mets's last 13 games when playing Atlanta The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets's last 5 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets's last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta The total has gone UNDER in 12 of NY Mets's last 17 games The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Atlanta's last 13 games when playing NY Mets The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing at home against NY Mets Atlanta is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against NY Mets The total has gone OVER in 6 of Atlanta's last 8 games Next up: Atlanta home to NY Mets, Tuesday, August 31