{"id":5213,"date":"2009-08-09T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-09T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-rockies-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-09T08:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-09T13:57:00","slug":"cubs-rockies-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-rockies-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Rockies Lines 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 Sunday when they battle at Coors Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Randy<\/st2:GivenName> Wells<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Wells<\/st2:Sn> has a 8-4 record and a 2.73 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be Jason<\/st2:GivenName> Hammel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the Rockies<\/st1:place> in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Hammel<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 6-5 with a 4.37 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rockies<\/st1:place> listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Derrek<\/st2:GivenName> Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and Kosuke<\/st2:GivenName> Fukudome<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> both homered on Saturday night as the Cubs picked up a 6-5 win over the Rockies<\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs were winners as +134 road underdogs in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the night’s posted total (9). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Clint<\/st2:GivenName> Barmes<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit his 15th<\/sup> home run of the season in that loss for the Rockies<\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 58-50 SU
Colorado: 61-49 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing Colorado are 8-2
After playing Colorado are 5-5
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Colorado most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing Chi Cubs are 1-9
After playing Chi Cubs are 2-8
After a loss are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Chi Cubs are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games when playing Colorado
Chi Cubs are 11-5 SU in their last 16 games
Chi Cubs are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Colorado is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
Colorado is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games at home
Colorado is 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
Colorado is 2-6 SU in their last 8 games when playing Chi Cubs<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Chi Cubs, Monday, August 10<\/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 Sunday when they battle at Coors Field. The Cubs will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Randy Wells in this game. Wells has a 8-4 record and a 2.73 ERA this season. It’ll be Jason Hammel … Continue reading Cubs-Rockies 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-5213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5213","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=5213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}