{"id":4504,"date":"2009-05-28T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/dodgers-cubs-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-28T06:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T11:48:00","slug":"dodgers-cubs-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/dodgers-cubs-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers-Cubs 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\">The fans at Wrigley Field will be treated to a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs when they take their seats on Thursday. <?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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Randy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wolf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Dodgers on this day. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wolf<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 2-1 this season with a 3.02 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cubs will counter <st2:GivenName>Wolf<\/st2:GivenName> with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Randy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wells<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wells<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 1.50 ERA to go along with a 0-1 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 130-moneyline favorites versus the Dodgers, 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\">The Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> with an 8-6 win in Wednesday&#8217;s series finale, as +130 underdogs. The combined 14 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>James<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Loney<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits and drove in four runs, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Juan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pierre<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected two RBIs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Clayton<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Kershaw<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed just four hits and three runs over six innings to earn the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cubs scored three runs in the eighth inning on Wednesday, as they got by the Pirates 5-2 in the rubber match. The Cubs won that game as -160 favorites, while the seven runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Reed Johnson homered and drove in two runs to lead the Cubs. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Marmol<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed the win in relief, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gregg<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> notched his seventh save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 33-15 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 23-22 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-5<br \/>After playing <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing LA Dodgers are 3-7<br \/>After playing <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 8-2<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 \/>LA Dodgers are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games on the road<br \/>LA Dodgers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs<br \/>LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Dodgers&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs<br \/>Chi Cubs are 10-3 SU in their last 13 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi Cubs&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers<br \/>Chi Cubs are 2-8 SU in their last 10 games <br \/>Chi Cubs are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games when playing LA Dodgers<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>Chi Cubs home to LA Dodgers, Friday, May 29<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>The fans at Wrigley Field will be treated to a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs when they take their seats on Thursday. Randy Wolf will be the starting pitcher for the Dodgers on this day. Lefthander Wolf is 2-1 this season with a 3.02 ERA. The Cubs will counter Wolf &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/dodgers-cubs-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dodgers-Cubs 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-4504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4504","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=4504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}