{"id":4350,"date":"2009-05-05T06:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/giants-cubs-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-05T06:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:34:00","slug":"giants-cubs-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/giants-cubs-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-Cubs Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A winning streak will be on the line for the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday when they battle the San Francisco Giants at Wrigley Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Giants will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Tim<\/st1:GivenName> Lincecum<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in this game. Lincecum has a 2-1 record and a 3.16 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Lincecum’s opponent in this one will be Sean<\/st1:GivenName> Marshall<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The Cubs lefthander has a 3.50 ERA to go along with a 0-1 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 105-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st1:GivenName> Theriot<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> hit a two-run dinger to lead the Cubs past the Giants 4-2 on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> won as -180 home favorites as the game played under the 9-run total set by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Winning pitcher Ryan<\/st1:GivenName> Dempster<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up two runs over seven innings for the Cubs, while Geovany<\/st1:GivenName> Soto<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> and Reed Johnson knocked in runs for Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Pablo<\/st1:GivenName> Sandoval<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was 2-for-4 with a run batted in for San Francisco<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, as Jonathan<\/st1:GivenName> Sanchez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> allowed four runs over four innings to take the defeat for the Giants. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
San Francisco<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 12-12 <\/font>SU<\/st1:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 14-11 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
San Francisco most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing Colorado are 3-7
After playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Houston are 5-5
After playing San Francisco are 5-5
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco’s last 5 games
San Francisco is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games
San Francisco is 4-9 SU in their last 13 games when playing Chi Cubs
San Francisco is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games on the road
Chi Cubs are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against San Francisco
Chi Cubs are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games
Chi Cubs are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Chi Cubs’s last 9 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
San Francisco<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at Colorado<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>, Wednesday, May 6
Chi Cubs at Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Wednesday, May 6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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A winning streak will be on the line for the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday when they battle the San Francisco Giants at Wrigley Field. The Giants will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Tim Lincecum in this game. Lincecum has a 2-1 record and a 3.16 ERA this season. Lincecum’s opponent in … Continue reading Giants-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-4350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4350","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=4350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}