{"id":6549,"date":"2009-04-30T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/marlins-cubs-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-04-30T07:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T12:55:00","slug":"marlins-cubs-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/marlins-cubs-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins-Cubs Odds 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 Florida Marlins will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley 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 Marlins will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Volstad<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in this game. Volstad has a 2-0 record and a 2.70 ERA this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Volstad&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Sean<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Marshall<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Cubs lefthander has a 4.91 ERA to go along with a 0-1 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 117-moneyline favorites versus the Marlins, 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 Marlins rallied with two runs in the eighth inning and edged the Mets 4-3 in Wednesday afternoon&#8217;s series finale, as +165 underdogs. That game&#8217;s seven runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (7.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Cody<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ross<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in two runs to lead the Marlins, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Leo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Nunez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up the win in relief. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cubs were blown away 10-0 by the Diamondbacks last time out, as -115 favorites. That game&#8217;s 10 runs made it OVER the posted over\/under (9.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ryan<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Dempster<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> was tagged for six hits and five runs over six innings in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 13-8 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>SU<\/st2:GivenName><br \/><st2:Sn>Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>: 10-10 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Florida most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-5<br \/>After playing NY Mets are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Florida are 5-5<br \/>After playing Arizona are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Florida is 13-4 SU in their last 17 games when playing Chi Cubs<br \/>Florida is 6-2 SU in their last 8 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs<br \/>Florida is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 16 of Florida&#8217;s last 24 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 16 of Chi Cubs&#8217;s last 24 games when playing at home against Florida<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi Cubs&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>Chi Cubs are 2-6 SU in their last 8 games <br \/>Chi Cubs are 2-6 SU in their last 8 games when playing at home against Florida<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:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, May 1<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 Florida Marlins will be trying to extend a winning streak on Thursday when they take on the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Marlins will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Chris Volstad in this game. Volstad has a 2-0 record and a 2.70 ERA this season. Volstad&#8217;s opponent in this one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/marlins-cubs-odds-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marlins-Cubs Odds Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6549","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=6549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}