{"id":5040,"date":"2009-07-28T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/astros-cubs-lines-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-07-28T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T14:44:00","slug":"astros-cubs-lines-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/astros-cubs-lines-preview-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Cubs Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Tuesday when the Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs meet at Wrigley Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ace righthander Roy<\/st1:GivenName> Oswalt<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> will take the mound for the Astros to start this game. Oswalt is 6-4 this season with a 3.66 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oswalt’s opponent in this one will be Ryan<\/st1:GivenName> Dempster<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>. The Cubs righthander has a 4.09 ERA to go along with a 5-5 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Alfonso<\/st1:GivenName> Soriano<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>‘s walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 13th inning lifted the Cubs over the Astros 5-1 on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> won as -140 home favorites as the teams played UNDER the 8.5-run total set by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Derrek<\/st1:GivenName> Lee<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was 2-for-3 with a solo drive for the Cubs, while Jeff<\/st1:GivenName> Samardzija<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> picked up the win in relief of starter Carlos<\/st1:GivenName> Zambrano<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> for Chicago<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Carlos<\/st1:GivenName> Lee<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went 2-for-5 with a big fly for Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, as Chris<\/st1:GivenName> Sampson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> was hit with the loss after allowing Soriano’s blast in the bottom of the 13th inning. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has lost 3 straight games.
Chicago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 50-49 <\/font>SU<\/st1:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName>: 52-45 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5
Before playing Chi Cubs are 4-6
After playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston’s last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Houston’s last 25 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
Houston is 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games
Chi Cubs are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs’s last 6 games when playing Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Wednesday, July 29<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Tuesday when the Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs meet at Wrigley Field. Ace righthander Roy Oswalt will take the mound for the Astros to start this game. Oswalt is 6-4 this season with a 3.66 ERA. Oswalt’s opponent in this one will be Ryan Dempster. … Continue reading Astros-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-5040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040","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=5040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}