{"id":4970,"date":"2009-07-24T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/reds-cubs-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-24T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T13:47:00","slug":"reds-cubs-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/reds-cubs-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds-Cubs Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Wrigley Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ace Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> Harang<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Reds on this day. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Harang<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 5-10 this season with a 4.17 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Cubs will be Randy<\/st2:GivenName> Wells<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The righthander has a 3.00 ERA to go along with a 5-4 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 160-moneyline favorites versus the Reds, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Reds were defeated 6-2 by the Dodgers last time out, as +180 underdogs. That game’s eight runs went as a PUSH against the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Joey<\/st2:GivenName> Votto<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-4 at the plate and drove in a run for the Reds. Bronson Arroyo gave up five run over 5 1-3 innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs exploded for 13 hits in a 10-5 win over the Phillies on Wednesday, as -115 favorites. That game’s 15 runs sailed OVER the day’s posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Aramis<\/st2:GivenName> Ramirez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 at the plate with two runs batted in. Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Zambrano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed 6 2-3 innings for the win, and Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> Gregg<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> sealed the victory with his 19th<\/sup> save. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 44-50 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 48-45 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cincinnati most recently:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing Chi Cubs are 6-4
After playing LA Dodgers are 2-8
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cincinnati’s last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
Cincinnati is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Cincinnati is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs’s last 6 games when playing at home against Cincinnati
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games when playing Cincinnati
Chi Cubs are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, July 25<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Wrigley Field. Ace Aaron Harang will be the starting pitcher for the Reds on this day. Righthander Harang is 5-10 this season with a 4.17 ERA. Starting this game for the Cubs will be Randy … Continue reading Reds-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-4970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970","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=4970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}