{"id":4939,"date":"2009-07-22T06:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cubs-phillies-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-22T06:54:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T11:54:00","slug":"cubs-phillies-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cubs-phillies-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Phillies Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Citizens<\/st1:PlaceName> Bank<\/st1:PlaceName> Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Zambrano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Zambrano has a 6-4 record and a 3.36 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Jamie<\/st2:GivenName> Moyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Phillies in this contest. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Moyer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 9-6 with a 5.58 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 105-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jayson<\/st2:GivenName> Werth’s walk-off, three-run shot in the bottom of the 13th<\/sup> inning lifted the Phillies past the Cubs 4-1 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -145 home favorites as the teams played UNDER the 9.5-run total listed by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jimmy<\/st2:GivenName> Rollins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-6 with a big fly for the Phillies, while Clay<\/st2:GivenName> Condrey<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter Joe<\/st2:GivenName> Blanton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kosuke<\/st2:GivenName> Fukudome<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the lone run for Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, as Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> Samardzija<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> took the loss after allowing Werth’s walk-off homer in the bottom of the 13th<\/sup> inning. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 10 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 47-45 SU
Philadelphia: 53-38 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Cincinnati are 5-5
After playing Philadelphia are 3-7
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Philadelphia most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 8-2
Before playing St. Louis are 6-4
After playing Chi Cubs are 6-4
After a win are 9-1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Chi Cubs are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games on the road
Chi Cubs are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games
Chi Cubs are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Chi Cubs are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 24
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 24<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Citizens Bank Park. The Cubs will pin their hopes on the pitching of ace righthander Carlos Zambrano in this game. Zambrano has a 6-4 record and a 3.36 ERA this season. It’ll be Jamie Moyer … Continue reading Cubs-Phillies 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-4939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939","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=4939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}