{"id":5073,"date":"2009-07-30T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/astros-cubs-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-07-30T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-30T13:45:00","slug":"astros-cubs-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/astros-cubs-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Cubs Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Wrigley Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Astros will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Russ<\/st2:GivenName> Ortiz<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Ortiz<\/st2:Sn> has a 2-4 record and a 5.55 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs will counter Ortiz<\/st2:Sn> with Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> Hart<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Hart<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 2.25 ERA to go along with a 2-1 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
The Cubs scored six runs in the first inning en route to a 12-0 pounding of the Astros on Wednesday, as -200 favorites. The game’s 12 runs made it OVER the day’s posted over\/under (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Alfonso<\/st2:GivenName> Soriano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went deep for a three-run homer to lead the Cubs, and Aramis<\/st2:GivenName> Ramirez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs. Randy<\/st2:GivenName> Wells<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scattered six hits over eight scoreless innings for the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike<\/st2:GivenName> Hampton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was tagged for nine runs over four innings in the loss for the Astros, who were +180 underdogs. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 51-50 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 53-46 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 4-6
Before playing St. Louis are 5-5
After playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Florida are 5-5
After playing Houston are 2-8
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston’s last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston’s last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs
Houston is 5-10 SU in their last 15 games when playing Chi Cubs
Houston is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Chi Cubs are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games
Chi Cubs are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi Cubs’s last 6 games when playing Houston
Chi Cubs are 10-5 SU in their last 15 games when playing Houston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> at St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, July 31
Chi Cubs at Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, July 31<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Wrigley Field. The Astros will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Russ Ortiz in this game. Ortiz has a 2-4 record and a 5.55 ERA this season. The Cubs will counter … Continue reading Astros-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-5073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5073","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=5073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}