{"id":5110,"date":"2009-08-01T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-marlins-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-01T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-01T13:21:00","slug":"cubs-marlins-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-marlins-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Marlins Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at LandShark Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cubs will give the ball to ace starter <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Zambrano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Zambrano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 7-4 this season with a 3.36 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Marlins will counter Zambrano with <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Burke<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Badenhop<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Badenhop<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 1.80 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 148-moneyline favorites versus the Marlins, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Marlins scored three runs in the eighth inning to come away with a 5-2 victory over the Cubs in Friday&#8217;s opener, as +120 underdogs. The game&#8217;s seven runs went UNDER the night&#8217;s posted over\/under (8). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Wes Helms led the Marlins with two RBIs, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jorge<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cantu<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a solo home run. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Brendan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Donnelly<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> earned his first win in relief for the Marlins, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Leo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nunez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected his ninth save. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jake<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Fox<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run homer in a losing effort for the Cubs, who were -140 favorites. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Marmol<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered three runs in relief to suffer his second defeat. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 54-47 SU<br \/>Florida: 54-49 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Florida are 5-5<br \/>After playing Florida are 8-2<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Florida most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-5<br \/>After playing Chi Cubs are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Chi Cubs are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Chi Cubs&#8217;s last 13 games when playing on the road against Florida<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Chi Cubs&#8217;s last 25 games on the road<br \/>Chi Cubs are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing Florida<br \/>Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Florida is 8-2 SU in their last 10 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs<br \/>Florida is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Florida&#8217;s last 13 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Chi Cubs, Sunday, August 2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at LandShark Stadium. The Cubs will give the ball to ace starter Carlos Zambrano in this one. Righthander Zambrano is 7-4 this season with a 3.36 ERA. The Marlins will counter Zambrano with Burke &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-marlins-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cubs-Marlins Odds Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-5110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5110","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=5110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}