{"id":5251,"date":"2009-08-13T06:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-cubs-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-08-13T06:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T11:53:00","slug":"phillies-cubs-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/phillies-cubs-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies-Cubs Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Philadelphia Phillies will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ace Cliff<\/st2:GivenName> Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will be the starting pitcher for the Phillies on this day. Lefthander<\/st2:GivenName> Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 9-9 this season with a 2.95 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs will counter Lee<\/st2:GivenName> with Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Dempster<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Dempster<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> has a 4.04 ERA to go along with a 6-5 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Phillies listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jimmy<\/st2:GivenName> Rollins<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had three RBIs in helping the Phillies pound the Cubs 12-5 on Wednesday, as +105 underdogs. The 17 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (10.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rauel<\/st2:GivenName> Ibanez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> smacked a three-run homer for the Phillies. Pedro<\/st2:GivenName> Martinez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed just seven hits and three runs over five innings for the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Theriot<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went 3-for-5 at the plate and drove in one run for the Cubs, who were -115 favorites. Jeff<\/st2:GivenName> Samadrzija<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> allowed eight hits and seven runs over 3 1-3 innings in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 63-48 <\/font>SU<\/st2:GivenName>
Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 58-54 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Philadelphia most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
Before playing Atlanta are 3-7
After playing Chi Cubs are 6-4
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing Chi Cubs
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
Philadelphia is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games on the road
Chi Cubs are 6-3 SU in their last 9 games at home
Chi Cubs are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
Chi Cubs are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games when playing Philadelphia
Chi Cubs are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, August 14
Chi Cubs home to Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, August 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Philadelphia Phillies will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Ace Cliff Lee will be the starting pitcher for the Phillies on this day. Lefthander Lee is 9-9 this season with a 2.95 ERA. The Cubs will counter Lee with Ryan Dempster. … 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-5251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5251","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=5251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}