{"id":2172,"date":"2008-10-01T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/dodgers-cubs-pointers\/"},"modified":"2008-10-01T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T15:40:00","slug":"dodgers-cubs-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/dodgers-cubs-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers-Cubs Pointers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Wrigley Field in Game 1 of their NLDS. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Derek Lowe will be the starting pitcher for the Dodgers on this day. Righthander Lowe is 14-11 this season with a 3.24 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Ryan Dempster who starts for the Cubs. Righthander Dempster is 17-6 with a 2.96 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 152-moneyline favorites versus the Dodgers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tim Lincecum allowed only one run in seven innings while striking out 13 to lead the Giants past the Dodgers 3-1 in Los Angeles’ regular season finale on Sunday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Giants were a -160 favorite in the game and the four runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (7). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Hiroki Kuroda pitched five shutout innings for the Dodgers and Andre Ethier was 2-2 with an RBI. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ronny Cedeno drove in the Cubs’ only run in their 3-1 loss to the Brewers on Sunday afternoon. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Brewers picked up the victory as -270 home favorites in that season-ending contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the posted total (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 84-78 SU
Chicago: 97-64 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 7-3
Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After playing San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 5-5
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing LA Dodgers are 4-6
After playing Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Dodgers’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers’s last 8 games when playing Chi Cubs
LA Dodgers are 17-8 SU in their last 25 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Dodgers’s last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs’s last 6 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers
Chi Cubs are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi Cubs’s last 8 games when playing LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi Cubs’s last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to LA Dodgers, Thursday, October 2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Wrigley Field in Game 1 of their NLDS. Derek Lowe will be the starting pitcher for the Dodgers on this day. Righthander Lowe is 14-11 this season with a 3.24 ERA. Meanwhile, … Continue reading Dodgers-Cubs 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-2172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172","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=2172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}