Braves hitters, who have been in a rut lately, will be facing Mets righty Dillon Gee for the first time today at Citi Field. Play New York and Atlanta 'under' the MLB odds total.
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Our MLB odds selection for Saturday is on the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets remaining 'under' the total at Citi Field.
A team can be in first place for 100 straight days or a great majority of the regular season, but if they're not in front come the beginning of October, it really doesn't mean much. The Braves are finding this out the hard way.
On May 31, they took over the lead in the NL East Division and pretty much held it for 100 straight days. But on September 7, the Phillies caught them and now the defending NL Champs appear not to be looking in their rearview mirror as they've opened up a three-game lead heading into this weekend's schedule of games.
Nobody knows the harsh reality of this more than starter Tim Hudson, who only about a month ago looked like a Cy Young candidate, and a strong one at that. Now Hudson is mired in a terrible funk, having gone 1-3 with a 5.17 ERA in his last five starts, and to make matters worse, his team isn't showing up when he pitches lately. The Braves have only scored a total of five runs in Hudson's three September starts.
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Hudson now has to face a red-hot rookie righthander in 24-year-old Dillon Gee and he has to do it on the road this afternoon.
Gee has pitched gems against the Nats and Pirates, and the Mets have won both of his starts, although both games have been low-scoring affairs. Gee has absolutely nothing to lose while fewer starts in Hudson's career have been as big as this one is for him, and he will have to keep the game close because he almost certainly won't see many runs scored on either side.
The baseball odds 'under' is 14-3 in the last 17 meetings and 8-0 in the last eight in New York. Take the 'under.'