{"id":5088,"date":"2009-07-31T06:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cubs-marlins-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-07-31T06:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T11:19:00","slug":"cubs-marlins-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/cubs-marlins-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Marlins Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at LandShark Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs will give the ball to starter Rich<\/st2:GivenName> Harden<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Harden<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-6 this season with a 4.65 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Chris<\/st2:GivenName> Volstad<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Marlins. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Volstad<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 8-9 with a 4.44 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Marlins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kosuke<\/st2:GivenName> Fukudome<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Theriot<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in four runs apiece in helping the Cubs tear apart the Astros 12-3 on Thursday, as -190 favorites. That game’s 15 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (10). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> Hart<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed six hits and three runs over six innings to earn his third win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jorge<\/st2:GivenName> Cantu<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had two hits and drove in one run as the Marlins fell 6-3 to the Braves in 10 innings Thursday. The Braves were 155 favorites, and the nine runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Luis<\/st2:GivenName> Ayala<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up three runs in relief and was tagged with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 54-46 SU
Florida: 53-49 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing Florida are 5-5
After playing Houston are 3-7
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

Florida most recently:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After playing Atlanta are 7-3
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Chi Cubs are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games
Chi Cubs are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Florida
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games when playing Florida
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida’s last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
Florida is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
Florida is 7-2 SU in their last 9 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Florida’s last 12 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Chi Cubs, Saturday, August 1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at LandShark Stadium. The Cubs will give the ball to starter Rich Harden in this one. Righthander Harden is 7-6 this season with a 4.65 ERA. Meanwhile, it’ll be Chris Volstad who starts for the Marlins. … Continue reading Cubs-Marlins 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-5088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5088","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=5088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}