The Colorado Rockies and the Chicago Cubs will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Wrigley Field.
The Rockies will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Ubaldo Jimenez in this game. Jimenez has a 1-0 record and a 0.00 ERA this season.
Starting this game for the Cubs will be Ted Lilly. The lefthander has a 9.00 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Rockies, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Rockies lost to Philadelphia 7-5 as a -130 favorite on Sunday. The 12 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (10).
Clint Barmes drove in two runs for the Rockies and Dexter Fowler hit a solo home run in the loss.
The Cubs defeated Milwaukee 8-5 as a -135 favorite on Sunday. The 13 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9).
Alfonso Soriano homered and drove in a pair of runs for Chicago and Derrek Lee and Koyie Hill each drove in two runs in the win.
Current streak:
Colorado has lost 2 straight games.
Chicago has won 2 straight games.
Team records:
Colorado: 3-3 SU
Chicago: 4-2 SU
Colorado most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Chi Cubs are 2-8
After playing Philadelphia are 3-7
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Monday are 7-3
Before playing Colorado are 8-2
After playing Milwaukee are 5-5
After a win are 3-7
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Colorado's last 9 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Colorado's last 12 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Colorado's last 20 games when playing Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
Chi Cubs are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Chi Cubs's last 9 games when playing at home against Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Chi Cubs's last 20 games when playing Colorado
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Colorado, Wednesday, April 15<\/p>\n