CHICAGO CUBS @ HOUSTON ASTROS
Baseball : North America : MLB
Monday, August 15th, 2011, 8:05PM US
(1:05AM GMT)

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PREVIEW

Bloody good price on Chicago tonight. They are on the road but are taking on an Astros team that has lost 6 straight. The Cubs have a 10-3 record this month. I see that improving.

The Chicago Cubs send out Rodrigo Lopez to get the win. He is 3-3 with a 4.78ERA and comes in having given up 2 runs in his last start.

Lopez owns a 1-2 mark against the Astros with a 5.34ERA. However, the Astros just can't seem to score runs at the moment, scoring just 1 run in their last series, against the LA Dodgers. Houston lost 7-0 last night and are in for trouble tonight as Lopez is right-handed and they are on a 22-63 run this season against righties.

The Houston Astros hand the ball to Henry Sosa, who makes his 2nd start tonight. Sosa got tagged for 4 runs in 6 innings when he made his MLB debut against Arizona. Sosa is 0-1 with a 6.00ERA but you worked that out, right?

Chicago are scoring runs of late, having belted out an average of 6 runs in their last 7 games. Chicago has actually won the last 3 games against Houston, sweeping them and will relish facing right-handed Sosa, as they are on a 9-2 run against righties.

TEAM STATS

Chicago Cubs
Overall 53-68, Streak W2

Kansas City Royals
Overall 38-83, Streak L6

BETTING VERDICT

Chicago Cubs look a great bet at 1.81 and that is what I will go with.

The Pick :

Chicago Cubs

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take the Chicago Cubs to win @ 1.81 (Pinnacle)