{"id":4719,"date":"2009-06-24T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cubs-tigers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-24T06:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T11:35:00","slug":"cubs-tigers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cubs-tigers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Tigers Lines 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\">A winning streak will be on the line for the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday when they battle the Chicago Cubs at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Comerica<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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\">The Cubs will give the ball to starter <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Rich<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Harden<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Harden<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 4-3 this season with a 5.27 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Rick<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Porcello<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Tigers. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Porcello<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 8-4 with a 3.54 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Tigers listed as 132-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, 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\"><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Raburn&#8217;s pinch-hit, walk-off, two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Tigers over the Cubs 5-4 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -135 home favorites as the teams played OVER the 8.5-run total posted by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brandon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Inge<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a two-run blast for the Tigers, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brandon<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lyon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Edwin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jackson<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Micah Hoffpauir smashed a two-run dinger for <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, as <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gregg<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss after allowing Raburn&#8217;s walk-off jack in the ninth inning. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 5 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 34-33 SU<br \/>Detroit: 39-31 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Detroit are 5-5<br \/>After playing Detroit are 4-5<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Detroit most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Chi Cubs are 6-4<br \/>After playing Chi Cubs are 7-2<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 \/>Chi Cubs are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games <br \/>Chi Cubs are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games on the road<br \/>Chi Cubs are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games when playing Detroit<br \/>Detroit is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs<br \/>Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Chi Cubs, Thursday, June 25<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/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>A winning streak will be on the line for the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday when they battle the Chicago Cubs at Comerica Park. The Cubs will give the ball to starter Rich Harden in this one. Righthander Harden is 4-3 this season with a 5.27 ERA. Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be Rick Porcello who starts for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cubs-tigers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cubs-Tigers Lines 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-4719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719","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=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}