{"id":1577,"date":"2008-08-12T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/cubs-braves-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-08-12T06:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T11:31:00","slug":"cubs-braves-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/cubs-braves-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Braves Pointers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Turner Field will be treated to a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Tuesday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs will give the ball to starter Rich Harden in this one. Righthander Harden is 6-2 this season with a 2.27 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Harden’s opponent in this one will be Charlie Morton. The Braves righthander has a 5.70 ERA to go along with a 3-5 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 163-moneyline favorites versus the Braves, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs defeated St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 6-2 as a -160 favorite on Sunday. The eight runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (7.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mark DeRosa and Ronny Cedeno each drove in two runs fir the Cubs, while Ryan Dempster earned the win after allowing two runs on six hits in six 2-3 innings. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves lost to Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 6-1 as a +175 underdog on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Omar Infante was 2-3 with an RBI for Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Mike Hampton gave up six runs on four innings to take the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 71-47 SU
Atlanta: 55-63 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Atlanta are 6-4
After playing St. Louis are 6-4
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing Chi Cubs are 4-6
After playing Arizona are 6-4
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games on the road
Chi Cubs are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games
Chi Cubs are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Atlanta’s last 11 games at home
Atlanta is 10-4 SU in their last 14 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 6 games
Atlanta is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Chi Cubs, Wednesday, August 13<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Turner Field will be treated to a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Tuesday. The Cubs will give the ball to starter Rich Harden in this one. Righthander Harden is 6-2 this season with a 2.27 ERA. Harden’s opponent in this one will … Continue reading Cubs-Braves Pointers<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}