{"id":4689,"date":"2009-06-22T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cubs-braves-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-22T08:37:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T13:37:00","slug":"cubs-braves-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cubs-braves-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Braves Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Turner Field will be treated to a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Monday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs will trot Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Dempster<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Dempster<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4-4 record and a 3.92 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dempster’s opponent in this one will be Javier<\/st2:GivenName> Vazquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Braves righthander has a 3.41 ERA to go along with a 4-6 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Braves listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs defeated Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> 6-2 as a -140 favorite on Sunday. The eight runs scored caused this game to be a PUSH on the posted over\/under total (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jake<\/st2:GivenName> Fox<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in three runs for the Cubs and Geovany<\/st2:GivenName> Soto<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Braves lost to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 6-5 as a +115 underdog on Sunday. The 11 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brian<\/st2:GivenName> McCann<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in a pair of runs for the Braves and Martin<\/st2:GivenName> Prado<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 3-4 with a run scored. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 34-31 SU
Atlanta: 32-36 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Detroit are 5-4
After playing Cleveland are 4-4
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing NY Yankees are 5-5
After playing Boston are 2-8
After a loss are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Chi Cubs are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi Cubs’s last 7 games on the road
Chi Cubs are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Atlanta’s last 8 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs at Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, June 23
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to NY Yankees, Tuesday, June 23<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Turner Field will be treated to a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves when they take their seats on Monday. The Cubs will trot Ryan Dempster out to the mound in this one. Righthander Dempster has a 4-4 record and a 3.92 ERA this season. Dempster’s opponent in this … Continue reading Cubs-Braves 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-4689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4689","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=4689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}