Cubs-Rockies Lines Preview

The Chicago Cubs and the Colorado Rockies will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Coors Field.

The Cubs will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Tom Gorzelanny in this game. Gorzelanny has a 1-0 record and a 1.23 ERA this season.

It’ll be Jorge De La Rosa toeing the rubber for the Rockies in this contest. Lefthander De La Rosa is 10-8 with a 4.79 ERA so far this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Rockies listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Rockies defeated the Cubs 11-5 as a -120 favorite on Sunday. The 16 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (9.5).

Yorvit Torrealba drove in three runs for Colorado and Dexter Fowler scored three times in the win.

Milton Bradley was 4-5 with an RBI for the Cubs and Randy Well was roughed up for seven runs on eight hits in 5 1-3 innings.

Team records:
Chicago: 58-51 SU
Colorado: 62-49 SU

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5
After playing Colorado are 5-5
After a loss are 7-3

Colorado most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Pittsburgh are 6-4
After playing Chi Cubs are 3-7
After a win are 6-4

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Chi Cubs’s last 13 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Chi Cubs are 13-6 SU in their last 19 games when playing Colorado
Chi Cubs are 15-8 SU in their last 23 games
Chi Cubs are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Colorado is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games
Colorado is 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Colorado’s last 13 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs

Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Philadelphia, Tuesday, August 11
Colorado home to Pittsburgh, Tuesday, August 11