{"id":1587,"date":"2008-08-13T06:23:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/cubs-braves-vegas-betting-odds\/"},"modified":"2008-08-13T06:23:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T11:23:00","slug":"cubs-braves-vegas-betting-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/cubs-braves-vegas-betting-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Braves Vegas Betting Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">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 Wednesday. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cubs will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Jason Marquis in this game. Marquis has a 7-7 record and a 4.73 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be Charlie Morton toeing the rubber for the Braves in this contest. Righthander Morton is 3-5 with a 5.70 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cubs defeated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>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><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">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><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Braves lost to <st1:State><st1:place>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><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Omar Infante was 2-3 with an RBI for <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Mike Hampton gave up six runs on four innings to take the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 71-47 SU<br \/>Atlanta: 55-63 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 6-4<br \/>After playing St. Louis are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Chi Cubs are 4-6<br \/>After playing Arizona are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi Cubs&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Chi Cubs are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi Cubs&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Chi Cubs are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 11 games at home<br \/>Atlanta is 10-4 SU in their last 14 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Atlanta is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Chi Cubs, Wednesday, August 13<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 Wednesday. The Cubs will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Jason Marquis in this game. Marquis has a 7-7 record and a 4.73 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/cubs-braves-vegas-betting-odds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cubs-Braves Vegas Betting Odds<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-1587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587","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=1587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}