{"id":6620,"date":"2009-05-15T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T10:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/astros-cubs-odds-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-05-15T05:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T10:58:00","slug":"astros-cubs-odds-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/astros-cubs-odds-preview-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros-Cubs Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago Cubs will be trying to extend a winning streak on Friday when they take on the Houston Astros at Wrigley Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Brian Moehler will be the starting pitcher for the Astros on this day. Righthander Moehler is 0-2 this season with a 8.44 ERA. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Starting this game for the Cubs will be Randy Wells. The righthander has a 0.00 ERA to go along with a 0-0 record this season. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 163-moneyline favorites versus the Astros, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Wandy Rodriguez whiffed 11 batters and the Astros held off the Rockies for a 5-3 victory in the series finale on Thursday, as -115 favorites. That game’s eight runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (8). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael Bourn had four hits and scored twice, and Carlos Lee went deep for the Astros. Rodriguez improved to 4-2 with the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cubs completed a three-game sweep of the Padres with an 11-3 rout on Thursday, as -160 home favorites. The game’s 14 runs sailed OVER the posted over\/under (9.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Bobby Scales had two hits and drove in four runs to lead the Cubs. Ryan Dempster thew seven innings for the win, giving up three hits and two runs. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston has won 2 straight games.
Chicago has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston: 16-18 SU
Chicago: 20-14 SU<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-5
After playing Colorado are 9-1
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
Before playing Houston are 5-5
After playing San Diego are 8-2
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Houston’s last 22 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Houston’s last 25 games when playing Chi Cubs
Houston is 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games at home
Chi Cubs are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing Houston
Chi Cubs are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Chi Cubs’s last 22 games when playing at home against Houston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chi Cubs home to Houston, Saturday, May 16<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago Cubs will be trying to extend a winning streak on Friday when they take on the Houston Astros at Wrigley Field. Brian Moehler will be the starting pitcher for the Astros on this day. Righthander Moehler is 0-2 this season with a 8.44 ERA. Starting this game for the Cubs will be Randy … Continue reading Astros-Cubs Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/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-6620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6620","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=6620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}