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The Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Wrigley Field.
Josh Fogg will be the starting pitcher for the Reds on this day. Righthander Fogg is 2-5 this season with a 8.57 ERA.
It’ll be ace Carlos Zambrano toeing the rubber for the Cubs in this contest. Righthander Zambrano is 12-5 with a 3.38 ERA so far this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 330-moneyline favorites versus the Reds, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Reds scored off a fielder’s choice and a sacrifice fly as they defeated the Cubs 2-1 on Wednesday, as +215 underdogs. The three runs went UNDER the posted over/under (8.5).
Jeff Keppinger and Jolbert Cabrera drove in the runs for
Mark DeRosa had two hits and drove in the lone run for the Cubs, who were favored at -250 in that game. Ted Lilly surrendered two runs off two hits with seven strikeouts in a losing effort.
Team records:
Chicago: 77-49 SU Cincinnati most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5 Before playing Colorado are 3-7 After playing Chi Cubs are 5-5 After a win are 2-8 Chicago most recently: A few trends to consider:
Cincinnati is 3-6 SU in their last 9 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs Cincinnati is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games on the road Cincinnati is 6-18 SU in its last 24 games Chi Cubs are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games Chi Cubs are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games at home Chi Cubs are 6-3 SU in their last 9 games when playing at home against Cincinnati Next up:
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