{"id":5237,"date":"2009-08-12T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-cubs-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-08-12T07:24:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-12T12:24:00","slug":"phillies-cubs-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-cubs-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies-Cubs Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Wrigley Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Phillies will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Pedro<\/st2:GivenName> Martinez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Martinez<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has a 0-0 record and a 0.00 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, it’ll be Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> Samardzija<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> who starts for the Cubs. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Samardzija<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ben<\/st2:GivenName> Francisco’s dinger in the top of the 12th<\/sup> inning lifted the Phillies past the Cubs 4-3 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as +105 road underdogs as the game played UNDER the 7.5-run total listed by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jimmy<\/st2:GivenName> Rollins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> hit a two-run blast for the Phillies, while Scott<\/st2:GivenName> Eyre<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up the win after coming into the game for starter J.A.<\/st2:GivenName> Happ<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> for Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jake<\/st2:GivenName> Fox<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was 2-for-5 with a run batted in for Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, as Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> Gregg<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was hit with the loss after allowing the go-ahead run in the top of the 12th<\/sup> inning. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 62-48 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 58-53 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Philadelphia most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Chi Cubs are 6-4
After playing Chi Cubs are 6-4
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 7-3
Before playing Philadelphia are 4-6
After playing Philadelphia are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs
Philadelphia is 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
Philadelphia is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Philadelphia is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games
Chi Cubs are 6-2 SU in their last 8 games at home
Chi Cubs are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
Chi Cubs are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games when playing Philadelphia
Chi Cubs are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, August 13<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Wrigley Field. The Phillies will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Pedro Martinez in this game. Martinez has a 0-0 record and a 0.00 ERA this season. Meanwhile, it’ll be Jeff Samardzija who … Continue reading Phillies-Cubs 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-5237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5237","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=5237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}