The Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Dolphin Stadium.
The Cubs will give the ball to starter Sean Marshall in this one. Lefthander Marshall is 1-2 this season with a 4.07 ERA.
It’ll be Anibal Sanchez toeing the rubber for the Marlins in this contest. Righthander Sanchez is 1-2 with a 4.07 ERA so far this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Marlins listed as 105-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
Daryle Ward hit a game-winning three-run homer in helping the Cubs come back to defeat the Marlins 6-5 in Friday’s opener, as -125 favorites. The 11 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (8.5).
Mark DeRosa hit a two-run dinger for the Cubs. Chad Gaudin tossed two scoreless innings in relief of Carlos Zambrano to get the win.
Jorge Cantu belted a three-run homer for the Marlins, who were +115 underdogs in that contest. Kevin Gregg surrendered three runs to suffer the loss on the mound.
Current streak:
Team records:
Florida: 63-60 SU Chicago most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 8-2 Before playing Florida are 4-6 After playing Florida are 3-7 After a win are 7-3 Florida most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games on the road Chi Cubs are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi Cubs’s last 5 games Chi Cubs are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games Florida is 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs Florida is 12-3 SU in their last 15 games when playing Chi Cubs The total has gone OVER in 8 of Florida’s last 10 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Florida’s last 8 games at home Next up:
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