{"id":4695,"date":"2009-06-23T06:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cubs-tigers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-23T06:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T11:17:00","slug":"cubs-tigers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cubs-tigers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Tigers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Comerica<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ace Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Zambrano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Cubs on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Zambrano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-2 this season with a 3.44 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Edwin<\/st2:GivenName> Jackson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Tigers in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Jackson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-4 with a 2.39 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Dempster<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed two runs over 6 2-3 innings to take the loss for Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> in its 2-0 loss to Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -140 home favorites as the game played UNDER the 8-run total listed by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Tigers defeated Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 3-2 as a -125 favorite on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Justin Verlander allowed only two runs on five hits in 7 2-3 innings for Detroit and Brandon Inge hit a three-run home run in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 34-32 SU
Detroit: 38-31 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing Detroit are 5-4
After playing Atlanta are 8-2
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Detroit most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-4
After playing Milwaukee are 5-5
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chi Cubs’s last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi Cubs’s last 6 games when playing Detroit
Chi Cubs are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Chi Cubs’s last 23 games
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit’s last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Detroit is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Chi Cubs, Wednesday, June 24<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Comerica Park. Ace Carlos Zambrano will be the starting pitcher for the Cubs on this day. Righthander Zambrano is 4-2 this season with a 3.44 ERA. It’ll be Edwin Jackson toeing the rubber … Continue reading Cubs-Tigers 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-4695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4695","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=4695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}