{"id":4777,"date":"2009-06-27T07:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cubs-white-sox-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-06-27T07:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T12:46:00","slug":"cubs-white-sox-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cubs-white-sox-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-White Sox Odds 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\">The Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at U.S. Cellular Field. <?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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:middlename>Ryan<\/st1:middlename> <st1:Sn>Dempster<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will take the mound for the Cubs to start this game. Dempster is 4-5 this season with a 3.83 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Starting this game for the White Sox will be ace <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Mark<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Buehrle<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The lefthander has a 3.17 ERA to go along with a 7-2 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Geovany<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Soto<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> belted a three-run homer to lift the Cubs to a 5-4 victory over the crosstown rival White Sox on Friday, as -115 favorites. That game&#8217;s nine runs went as a PUSH against the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Jim<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Thome<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> hit a solo home run and drove in three runs for the White Sox, who were +105 underdogs. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Jose<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Contreras<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up seven hits and five runs over 7 1-3 innings. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 35-35 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>SU<\/st1:GivenName><br \/><st1:Sn>Chicago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 35-38 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Chi White Sox are 4-6<br \/>After playing Chi White Sox are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Chi Cubs are 7-3<br \/>After playing Chi Cubs are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<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 11-5 SU in their last 16 games when playing Chi White Sox<br \/>Chi Cubs are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing Chi White Sox<br \/>Chi Cubs are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games <br \/>Chi Cubs are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games on the road<br \/>Chi White Sox are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games <br \/>Chi White Sox are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs<br \/>Chi White Sox are 5-10 SU in their last 15 games at home<br \/>Chi White Sox are 5-11 SU in their last 16 games when playing Chi Cubs<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>Chi White Sox home to Chi Cubs, Sunday, June 28<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>The Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at U.S. Cellular Field. Righthander Ryan Dempster will take the mound for the Cubs to start this game. Dempster is 4-5 this season with a 3.83 ERA. Starting this game for the White Sox will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/cubs-white-sox-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cubs-White Sox Odds 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-4777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4777","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=4777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}