{"id":4654,"date":"2009-06-20T07:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T12:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/indians-cubs-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-20T07:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T12:57:00","slug":"indians-cubs-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/indians-cubs-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Indians-Cubs Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
The Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Wrigley Field in an interleague contest. <\/p>\n
The Indians will give the ball to starter Toma Ohka in this one. Righthander Ohka is 0-1 this season with a 2.57 ERA. <\/p>\n
Ohka’s opponent in this one will be Ted Lilly. The Cubs lefthander has a 2.94 ERA to go along with a 7-4 record this season. <\/p>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/p>\n
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Ryan Theriot singled in the winning run in the 10th inning as the Cubs snuck past the Indians 8-7 in Friday’s opener. The Cubs won that game as -120 favorites, and the 15 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/p>\n
Derrek Lee went 3-for-5 at the plate with two home runs for the Cubs. Kevin Gregg tossed a scoreless 10th inning for the victory. <\/p>\n
Luis Valbuena belted a three-run homer for the Indians, who were +100 underdogs. Luis Vizcaino gave up the winning run and was saddled with the loss. <\/p>\n
Current streak:
Cleveland has lost 4 straight games.
Chicago has won 2 straight games. <\/p>\n
Team records:
Cleveland: 29-40 SU
Chicago: 32-31 SU <\/p>\n
Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Chi Cubs are 3-4
After playing Chi Cubs are 3-3
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Cleveland are 4-3
After playing Cleveland are 2-4
After a win are 5-5 <\/p>\n

A few trends to consider:
Cleveland is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
Chi Cubs are 15-8 SU in their last 23 games at home <\/p>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Cleveland, Sunday, June 21<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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