{"id":4291,"date":"2009-04-23T06:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/reds-cubs-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-04-23T06:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T11:34:00","slug":"reds-cubs-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/reds-cubs-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds-Cubs Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Thursday when the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs meet at Wrigley Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Reds will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> Harang<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Harang has a 1-2 record and a 2.70 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Cubs will be ace Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Zambrano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 5.21 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 162-moneyline favorites versus the Reds, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Johnny<\/st2:GivenName> Cuteo<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> combined on a six-hit shutout on Wednesday, as the Reds got past the Cubs 3-0. The Reds won the game as +155 underdogs, and the three runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jay<\/st2:GivenName> Bruce<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 at the plate, including a solo home run for the Reds. Francisco<\/st2:GivenName> Cordero<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> notched the final three outs for his sixth save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ted Lilly allowed just five hits and one run in suffering the loss for the Cubs, who were favored at -175 in that game. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 8-6 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 8-5 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cincinnati most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing Atlanta are 5-5
After playing Chi Cubs are 7-3
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing St. Louis are 4-6
After playing Cincinnati are 4-6
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati’s last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati’s last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cincinnati’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
Cincinnati is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games when playing at home against Cincinnati
Chi Cubs are 8-4 SU in their last 12 games when playing at home against Cincinnati<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, April 24
Chi Cubs at St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, April 24<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Thursday when the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs meet at Wrigley Field. The Reds will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Aaron Harang in this game. Harang has a 1-2 record and a 2.70 ERA this season. Starting this game for the … Continue reading Reds-Cubs Lines 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-4291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291","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=4291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}