The Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Dolphin Stadium.
The Cubs will give the ball to starter Ryan Dempster in this one. Righthander Dempster is 13-5 this season with a 2.92 ERA.
It’ll be Chris Volstad toeing the rubber for the Marlins in this contest. Righthander Volstad is 3-2 with a 3.19 ERA so far this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 150-moneyline favorites versus the Marlins, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Marlins got the winning run in the fifth inning and held off the Cubs for a 2-1 win on Saturday as a -105 pick’em. The three runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (9).
Hanley Ramirez led the way with two hits, including a solo home run for the Marlins. Anibal Sanchez threw 5 1-3 innings for his second win, allowing just three hits and one run.
Henry Blanco homered for the Cubs. Sean Marshall allowed both runs over five innings to suffer the loss on the mound.
Team records:
Florida: 64-60 SU Chicago most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 3-7 Before playing Cincinnati are 8-2 After playing Florida are 3-7 After a loss are 6-4 Florida most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Chi Cubs’s last 11 games on the road Chi Cubs are 9-1 SU in their last 10 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chi Cubs’s last 7 games Chi Cubs are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games Florida is 7-1 SU in their last 8 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs Florida is 13-3 SU in their last 16 games when playing Chi Cubs The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Florida’s last 9 games at home The total has gone OVER in 8 of Florida’s last 11 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs Next up:
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