{"id":5362,"date":"2009-08-23T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-23T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-dodgers-handicapping\/"},"modified":"2009-08-23T10:12:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-23T15:12:00","slug":"cubs-dodgers-handicapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/cubs-dodgers-handicapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Dodgers Handicapping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Dodger Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> Dempster<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Dempster has a 6-7 record and a 4.28 ERA this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
It’ll be ace Chad Billingsley toeing the rubber for the Dodgers in this contest. Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> Billingsley<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> is 12-6 with a 3.70 ERA so far this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt<\/st2:GivenName> Kemp<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and Casey<\/st2:GivenName> Blake<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> homered as the Dodgers shut down the Cubs 2-0 on Saturday. The Dodgers won that game as a -110 pick’em, while the team’s played UNDER the posted over\/under (8.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Charlie<\/st2:GivenName> Haeger<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> pitched seven scoreless innings to pick up the victory for the Dodgers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ted<\/st2:GivenName> Lilly<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> surrendered both runs and was tagged with the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 3 straight games.
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 61-60 SU
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 74-50 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing Washington are 6-4
After playing LA Dodgers are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 7-3
Before playing Colorado are 7-3
After playing Chi Cubs are 6-4
After a win are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Chi Cubs are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing LA Dodgers
Chi Cubs are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games
Chi Cubs are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
Chi Cubs are 1-7 SU in their last 8 games on the road
LA Dodgers are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs
LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games at home
LA Dodgers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn>, Tuesday, August 25
LA Dodgers at Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, August 25<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Dodger Stadium. The Cubs will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Ryan Dempster in this game. Dempster has a 6-7 record and a 4.28 ERA this season. It’ll be ace … Continue reading Cubs-Dodgers Handicapping<\/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-5362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5362","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=5362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}