{"id":4878,"date":"2009-07-17T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cubs-nationals-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-17T08:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T13:08:00","slug":"cubs-nationals-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cubs-nationals-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Nationals Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Nationals<\/st2:PlaceName> Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ace Carlos<\/st1:GivenName> Zambrano<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Cubs on this day. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Zambrano<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 5-4 this season with a 3.53 ERA.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Craig<\/st1:GivenName> Stammen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Nationals in this contest. Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Stammen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> is 2-4 with a 4.45 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
Rich<\/st1:GivenName> Harden<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> combined on a four-hit performance as the Cubs defeated the Nationals 6-2 in Thursday’s series opener. The Cubs won the game as -130 favorites, while the eight runs fell UNDER the posted over\/under (9).<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Derrek<\/st1:GivenName> Lee<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate with a solo home run for the Cubs. Harden<\/st1:Sn> evened his record to 6-6 with the win.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st1:GivenName> Zimmerman<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went deep for the Nationals, who were +110 underdogs. John<\/st1:GivenName> Lannan<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> allowed three runs over 6 2-3 innings in the loss.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 44-43 <\/font>SU<\/st1:GivenName>
Washington<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 26-62 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Washington are 5-5
After playing Washington are 6-4
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

Washington most recently:
When playing on Friday are 2-8
Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After playing Chi Cubs are 4-6
After a loss are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Chi Cubs are 10-4 SU in their last 14 games when playing Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>
Chi Cubs are 4-9 SU in their last 13 games on the road
Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> is 4-10 SU in their last 14 games when playing Chi Cubs
Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> home to Chi Cubs, Saturday, July 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Nationals Park. Ace Carlos Zambrano will be the starting pitcher for the Cubs on this day. Righthander Zambrano is 5-4 this season with a 3.53 ERA. It’ll be Craig Stammen toeing the rubber … Continue reading Cubs-Nationals 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-4878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4878","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=4878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}