{"id":4514,"date":"2009-05-30T06:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-30T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/dodgers-cubs-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-30T06:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-30T11:42:00","slug":"dodgers-cubs-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/dodgers-cubs-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers-Cubs Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Wrigley Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Dodgers will trot Eric<\/st1:GivenName> Stults<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. Lefthander<\/st1:GivenName> Stults<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> has a 4-1 record and a 4.29 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Stults’s opponent in this one will be Ryan<\/st1:GivenName> Dempster<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The Cubs righthander has a 4.99 ERA to go along with a 3-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Dodgers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs scored twice in the seventh inning and held on for a 2-1 victory over the Dodgers on Friday, at EVEN odds. That game’s three runs went UNDER the day’s posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Koyie Hill belted a solo home run, and Kosuke<\/st1:GivenName> Fukudome<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drove in the other run for the Cubs. Ted<\/st1:GivenName> Lilly<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> notched the win with a seven-inning performance, allowing four hits and one run. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt<\/st1:GivenName> Kemp<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went deep in a losing cause for the Dodgers, who were -120 favorites. Chad Billingsley gave up eight hits and both runs in suffering the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 34-16 <\/font>SU<\/st1:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 24-23 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Chi Cubs are 6-4
After playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing LA Dodgers are 3-7
After playing LA Dodgers are 6-4
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
LA Dodgers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games on the road
LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games
Chi Cubs are 11-4 SU in their last 15 games at home
Chi Cubs are 3-9 SU in their last 12 games
Chi Cubs are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to LA Dodgers, Sunday, May 31<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Wrigley Field. The Dodgers will trot Eric Stults out to the mound in this one. Lefthander Stults has a 4-1 record and a 4.29 ERA this season. Stults’s opponent in this one … Continue reading Dodgers-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-4514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514","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=4514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}