{"id":4898,"date":"2009-07-18T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cubs-nationals-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-18T09:06:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T14:06:00","slug":"cubs-nationals-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cubs-nationals-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Nationals Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Nationals<\/st2:PlaceName> Park<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Righthander<\/st1:GivenName> Randy<\/st1:middlename> Wells<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will take the mound for the Cubs to start this game. Wells<\/st1:Sn> is 4-4 this season with a 2.72 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Wells’s opponent in this one will be Jordan<\/st1:GivenName> Zimmermann<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The Nationals righthander has a 4.50 ERA to go along with a 3-4 record 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
Carlos<\/st1:GivenName> Zambrano<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> tossed the win and helped out offensively with two RBIs as the Cubs defeated the Nationals 3-1 on Friday. The Cubs won that game as -150 favorites, but the team’s played UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Aramis<\/st1:GivenName> Ramirez<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> smacked a solo home run for the Cubs. Zambrano went five innings on the mound for the win, allowing four hits and one run. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Nick<\/st1:GivenName> Johnson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> scored the only Nationals run after a bases-loaded walk to Willie<\/st1:GivenName> Harris<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. Craig<\/st1:GivenName> Stammen<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> gave up six hits and three runs over six innings in the loss. Oddsmakers listed the Nationals as +130 underdogs. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 2 straight games.
Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 45-43 <\/font>SU<\/st1:GivenName>
Washington<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 26-63 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Washington are 5-5
After playing Washington are 6-4
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Washington most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
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:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chi Cubs’s last 11 games when playing Washington
Chi Cubs are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington’s last 5 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Washington’s last 11 games when playing Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington’s last 5 games at home
Washington is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Washington<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn> home to Chi Cubs, Sunday, July 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Nationals Park. Righthander Randy Wells will take the mound for the Cubs to start this game. Wells is 4-4 this season with a 2.72 ERA. Wells’s opponent in this one will be Jordan Zimmermann. The … Continue reading Cubs-Nationals 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-4898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898","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=4898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}