{"id":4475,"date":"2009-05-24T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-24T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cubs-padres-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-24T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-24T14:20:00","slug":"cubs-padres-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cubs-padres-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Padres Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A winning streak will be on the line for the San Diego Padres on Sunday when they battle the Chicago Cubs at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>PETCO<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Lefthander Ted Lilly will take the mound for the Cubs to start this game. Lilly is 5-3 this season with a 3.35 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Lilly&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Young<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Padres righthander has a 5.07 ERA to go along with a 3-2 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Padres, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brian<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Giles<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs to help the Padres slip past the Cubs 3-1, as +105 underdogs on Saturday. The four runs went UNDER the night&#8217;s posted over\/under (7.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Burke<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the other run for the Padres. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Josh<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Geer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed 6 2-3 innings for the victory, giving up just five hits and one run. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Derrek<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 at the plate and drove in the only run for the Cubs, who were -115 favorites. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Randy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wells<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up three runs off five hits over seven innings of work. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 6 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 8 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 21-20 SU<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 21-22 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Pittsburgh are 6-4<br \/>After playing San Diego are 8-2<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>San Diego most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Arizona are 4-6<br \/>After playing Chi Cubs are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Chi Cubs are 7-3 SU in their last 10 games when playing San Diego<br \/>Chi Cubs are 3-9 SU in their last 12 games when playing on the road against San Diego<br \/>Chi Cubs are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games on the road<br \/>Chi Cubs are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games <br \/>San Diego is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>San Diego is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>San Diego is 9-3 SU in their last 12 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs<br \/>San Diego is 3-7 SU in their last 10 games when playing Chi Cubs<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>Chi Cubs home to <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, May 25<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Monday, May 25<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A winning streak will be on the line for the San Diego Padres on Sunday when they battle the Chicago Cubs at PETCO Park. Lefthander Ted Lilly will take the mound for the Cubs to start this game. Lilly is 5-3 this season with a 3.35 ERA. Lilly&#8217;s opponent in this one will be Chris &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cubs-padres-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cubs-Padres Odds Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-4475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4475","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=4475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}