{"id":4810,"date":"2009-07-03T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/brewers-cubs-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-03T10:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T15:15:00","slug":"brewers-cubs-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/brewers-cubs-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers-Cubs Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs will meet on the field at Wrigley Field on Friday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Brewers will give the ball to starter Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> Suppan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Suppan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-6 this season with a 4.86 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs will counter Suppan with ace Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Zambrano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Zambrano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 3.69 ERA to go along with a 4-3 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Brewers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Derrek<\/st2:GivenName> Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted two home runs, including a grand slam with seven RBIs to lead the Cubs past the Brewers 9-5 on Thursday, as -155 favorites. That game’s 14 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Dempster<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> evened his record at 5-5 on the season, allowing eight hits and four runs over 6 2-3 innings in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike<\/st2:GivenName> Cameron<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had three hits, including a two-run homer for the Brewers, who were +135 underdogs. Seth<\/st2:GivenName> McClung<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up seven runs over 3 1-3 innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 42-37 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 38-38 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Milwaukee most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After playing Chi Cubs are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
Milwaukee is 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
Milwaukee is 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs
Milwaukee is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Chi Cubs are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games at home
Chi Cubs are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
Chi Cubs are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing Milwaukee<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, July 4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs will meet on the field at Wrigley Field on Friday in a battle of division rivals. The Brewers will give the ball to starter Jeff Suppan in this one. Righthander Suppan is 5-6 this season with a 4.86 ERA. The Cubs will counter Suppan with ace Carlos Zambrano. … Continue reading Brewers-Cubs Lines 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-4810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4810","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=4810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}