{"id":4833,"date":"2009-07-07T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-cubs-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-07T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T14:40:00","slug":"braves-cubs-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/braves-cubs-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves-Cubs Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Wrigley Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Javier<\/st2:middlename> Vazquez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Braves to start this game. Vazquez is 5-7 this season with a 3.05 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Dempster<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Cubs in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Dempster<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-5 with a 4.09 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Derrek<\/st2:GivenName> Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer to lead the Cubs past the Braves 4-2 on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -125 home favorites as the game played UNDER the 8.5-run total set by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kosuke<\/st2:GivenName> Fukudome<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-for-3 with a run batted in for the Cubs, while Randy<\/st2:GivenName> Wells<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed two runs over six innings to get the win for Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Nate<\/st2:GivenName> McLouth<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-5 with a solo shot for Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, as Jair<\/st2:GivenName> Jurrjens<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss after giving up four runs over six innings for the Braves. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 39-43 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 41-39 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing Chi Cubs are 2-8
After playing Chi Cubs are 2-8
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing Atlanta are 8-2
After playing Atlanta are 8-2
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Atlanta’s last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
Atlanta is 2-8 SU in their last 10 games when playing Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta
Chi Cubs are 8-1 SU in their last 9 games at home
Chi Cubs are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games
Chi Cubs are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games when playing Atlanta<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, July 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Wrigley Field. Righthander Javier Vazquez will take the mound for the Braves to start this game. Vazquez is 5-7 this season with a 3.05 ERA. It’ll be Ryan Dempster toeing the rubber for the Cubs … Continue reading Braves-Cubs 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-4833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4833","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=4833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}