{"id":5222,"date":"2009-08-10T05:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-10T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-rockies-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-10T05:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-10T10:59:00","slug":"cubs-rockies-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-rockies-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Rockies Lines 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 Colorado Rockies will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Coors Field. <?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 pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Tom<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gorzelanny<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Gorzelanny has a 1-0 record and a 1.23 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">It&#8217;ll be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jorge<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>De La Rosa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> toeing the rubber for the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> in this contest. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>De La Rosa<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 10-8 with a 4.79 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 <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> listed as 135-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\">The <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> defeated the Cubs 11-5 as a -120 favorite on Sunday. The 16 runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Yorvit<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Torrealba<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in three runs for <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Dexter<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Fowler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored three times in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Milton<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bradley<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 4-5 with an RBI for the Cubs and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Randy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Well<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was roughed up for seven runs on eight hits in 5 1-3 innings. <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>: 58-51 SU<br \/>Colorado: 62-49 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 Monday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After playing Colorado are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Colorado most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Pittsburgh are 6-4<br \/>After playing Chi Cubs are 3-7<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 \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Chi Cubs&#8217;s last 13 games when playing on the road against Colorado<br \/>Chi Cubs are 13-6 SU in their last 19 games when playing Colorado<br \/>Chi Cubs are 15-8 SU in their last 23 games <br \/>Chi Cubs are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against Colorado<br \/>Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Colorado is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games <br \/>Colorado is 5-2 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Colorado&#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 \/>Chi Cubs home to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 11<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, August 11<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 Colorado Rockies will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Coors Field. The Cubs will pin their hopes on the pitching of lefthander Tom Gorzelanny in this game. Gorzelanny has a 1-0 record and a 1.23 ERA this season. It&#8217;ll be Jorge De &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-rockies-lines-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cubs-Rockies Lines 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-5222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5222","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=5222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}