{"id":5192,"date":"2009-08-07T09:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-rockies-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-07T09:18:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T14:18:00","slug":"cubs-rockies-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-rockies-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Rockies Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago Cubs and the Colorado Rockies will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Coors Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs will trot ace Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> Zambrano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> out to the mound in this one. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Zambrano<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 7-4 record and a 3.35 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rockies<\/st1:place> will counter Zambrano with Ubaldo<\/st2:GivenName> Jimenez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Jimenez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 3.76 ERA to go along with a 8-9 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rockies<\/st1:place> listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs were shut down 4-0 by the Reds last time out, as -200 favorites. That game’s four runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rich<\/st2:GivenName> Harden<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed four hits and three runs over six innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rockies<\/st1:place> dropped the rubber match 3-1 to the Phillies last time out, as +150 road underdogs. That game’s four runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Todd<\/st2:GivenName> Helton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the lone run for the Rockies<\/st1:place>. Aaron<\/st2:GivenName> Cook<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed all three runs in suffering the loss on the hill. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 57-49 SU
Colorado: 60-48 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing Colorado are 9-1
After playing Cincinnati are 6-4
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Colorado most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Chi Cubs are 1-9
After playing Philadelphia are 0-10
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Chi Cubs are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing Colorado
Chi Cubs are 10-4 SU in their last 14 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Chi Cubs’s last 10 games when playing on the road against Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi Cubs’s last 6 games on the road
Colorado is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
Colorado is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Colorado’s last 10 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
Colorado is 1-5 SU in their last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Chi Cubs, Saturday, August 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago Cubs and the Colorado Rockies will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Coors Field. The Cubs will trot ace Carlos Zambrano out to the mound in this one. Righthander Zambrano has a 7-4 record and a 3.35 ERA this season. The Rockies will counter Zambrano … Continue reading Cubs-Rockies 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-5192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192","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=5192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}