{"id":4253,"date":"2009-04-18T08:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/cardinals-cubs-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-18T08:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:31:00","slug":"cardinals-cubs-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/cardinals-cubs-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Cubs Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Wrigley Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Kyle<\/st2:GivenName> Lohse<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Lohse has a 2-0 record and a 1.13 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Dempster<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Cubs in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Dempster<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 1-0 with a 4.50 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Alfonso<\/st2:GivenName> Soriano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> blasted a two-run homer to lift the Cubs over the Cardinals 8-7 on Friday, as -185 favorites. The 15 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Aramis<\/st2:GivenName> Ramirez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs for the Cubs. Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> Heilman<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> improved to 2-0 with the win, and Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Marmol<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> notched his second save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Ludwick<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had three hits, including two home runs and four RBIs for the Cardinals, who were +165 underdogs. Chris<\/st2:GivenName> Perez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered two runs in relief and took the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 8-4 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 6-4 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Chi Cubs are 7-3
After playing Chi Cubs are 2-8
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing St. Louis are 4-6
After playing St. Louis are 9-1
After a win are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
St. Louis is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
St. Louis is 8-17 SU in their last 25 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
St. Louis is 2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing Chi Cubs
St. Louis is 6-15 SU in its last 21 games on the road
Chi Cubs are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing St. Louis
Chi Cubs are 17-8 SU in their last 25 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Chi Cubs are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games
Chi Cubs are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, April 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Wrigley Field. The Cardinals will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Kyle Lohse in this game. Lohse has a 2-0 record and a 1.13 ERA this season. It’ll be Ryan Dempster toeing … Continue reading Cardinals-Cubs Odds Preview<\/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-4253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4253","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=4253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}