{"id":5153,"date":"2009-08-04T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-reds-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-04T08:03:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T13:03:00","slug":"cubs-reds-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-reds-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Reds 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 division rival Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds are set to renew hostilities on Tuesday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Great<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>American<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Ball<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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 starter <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Tom<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gorzelanny<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this one. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gorzelanny<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be ace <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Johnny<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cueto<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Reds. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Cueto<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 8-8 with a 4.06 ERA so far this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Reds listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, 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\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Mike<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Fontenot<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 2-for-4 with a three-run blast to lead the Cubs over the Reds 4-2 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as -155 road favorites as the game played UNDER the 8.5-run total set by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Randy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Wells<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> gave up only one run over 7 1-3 innings to earn the win for the Cubs, who got a run batted in for <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Derrek<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in the payday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Alex<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gonzalez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had a solo shot and two RBIs for <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Harang<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was handed the loss after allowing four runs over 7 1-3 innings for the Reds. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 7 straight games.<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>: 56-48 SU<br \/>Cincinnati: 45-60 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 Tuesday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Cincinnati are 7-3<br \/>After playing Cincinnati are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Chi Cubs are 3-7<br \/>After playing Chi Cubs are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 1-9<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 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing Cincinnati<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi Cubs&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chi Cubs&#8217;s last 9 games when playing Cincinnati<br \/>Chi Cubs are 9-3 SU in their last 12 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cincinnati&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cincinnati&#8217;s last 9 games when playing Chi Cubs<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Cincinnati&#8217;s last 11 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati&#8217;s last 7 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Chi Cubs, Wednesday, August 5<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 division rival Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds are set to renew hostilities on Tuesday when they meet at Great American Ball Park. The Cubs will give the ball to starter Tom Gorzelanny in this one. Lefthander Gorzelanny is 0-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA. Meanwhile, it&#8217;ll be ace Johnny Cueto who starts for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-reds-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cubs-Reds 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-5153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153","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=5153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}