{"id":4986,"date":"2009-07-25T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/reds-cubs-lines-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-07-25T07:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-25T12:35:00","slug":"reds-cubs-lines-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/reds-cubs-lines-preview-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds-Cubs Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Wrigley Field will be treated to a game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs when they take their seats on Saturday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Reds will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Johnny<\/st2:GivenName> Cueto<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Cueto has a 8-6 record and a 3.67 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cueto’s opponent in this one will be Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> Hart<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Cubs righthander has a 2.70 ERA to go along with a 1-1 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 137-moneyline favorites versus the Reds, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs scored four runs in a eighth-inning rally to defeat the Reds 8-5 in Friday’s opener, as -175 favorites. The game’s 13 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Aramis<\/st2:GivenName> Ramirez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> belted a solo home run and drove in three runs, and Derrek<\/st2:GivenName> Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run dinger for the Cubs. Randy<\/st2:GivenName> Wells<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scattered seven hits and three runs over six innings for the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> Harang<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> smacked a three-run homer for the Reds, but gave up nine hits and four runs over six innings to suffer the loss on the hill. Oddsmakers listed the Reds as +155 underdogs. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 4 straight games.
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 44-51 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 49-45 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cincinnati most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After playing Chi Cubs are 7-3
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 2-8
Before playing Cincinnati are 6-4
After playing Cincinnati are 3-7
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Chi Cubs are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games
Chi Cubs are 11-5 SU in their last 16 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, July 26<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Wrigley Field will be treated to a game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs when they take their seats on Saturday. The Reds will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Johnny Cueto in this game. Cueto has a 8-6 record and a 3.67 ERA this season. Cueto’s opponent … Continue reading Reds-Cubs 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-4986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986","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=4986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}