Monday, June 26, 2017

Cubs Visit Nationals Monday Night

Chicago Cubs

Cubs and Nationals Meet in First of Four in Series



The Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals open a four game series on Monday when they battle at Nationals Park. The game will be televised regionally on MLB Network. First pitch should be around 7:05 EST.

This early season series last year, played in May, turned the seasons around for both these teams. The Cubs walked Nationals prima donna, Bryce Harper 13 times. It got in Harpers' feeble mind. As a result the Cubs went on to win the World Series and Harper tailed off the rest of the season. The crybabby hit just .243 with 24 homers after he hit .330 with 42 creatures in 2015.

The Cubs will pin their hopes on the pitching of right hander Eddie Butler in this game. Butler has a 3-2 record and a 4.19 ERA this season. Butler is excited about this start. It is only four hours from his childhood home in the Tidewater region of Virginia. He played in college at Radford as well. It is a member of the Big South Conference based in southwest Virginia.

Gio Gonzalez will start for the Nationals. Left hander Gonzalez is 7-1 with a 2.96 ERA so far this season. Gonzalez is 3-2 with a 3.93 ERA in nine career starts against the Cubs. Last year he was 0-0 with a 6.00 ERA in two starts against Chicago. Cubs hitters are  hitting only 20-for-97 (.206) against Gonzalez. That includes outfielder Jason Heyward (8-for-37, .216), who just went on the disabled list. Anthony Rizzo, a lefthander, is just 2-for-20 against Gonzalez. Rizzo has been batting leadoff for the Cubs lately. That could change with Gonzalez on the mound.

Oddsmakers opened the Nationals as -145-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game's total opened at 9.5.

Both Teams Coming Off Losses



Washington lost its last outing, a 6-2 result against the Cincinnati Reds on June 25. Bettors who backed the Reds at 142 on the moneyline won on the day, and the total score (8) sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.

In their last action, Chicago was a 4-2 loser on the road against the Miami Marlins. Bettors on Miami at 131 on the moneyline collected their winnings from that game, while the total score (6) sent UNDER bettors home happy as well.


Recent Form































Teamrecordmoneyvs LHPvs RHPFaveDogO/UDiff
Chi Cubs38-37-$1,200.0012-626-3136-322-536-36-30.32
Washington45-30$274.007-538-2539-236-739-33-31.17






Pitchers Last 3 Starts




E Butler (3-2) ERA: 4.19
































event dateOpponentResultscoreOU Resultipmoney
Jun 21, 2017SDL2-3U4-$100.00
Jun 16, 2017PITW9-5O5.2$93.00
Jun 10, 2017COLL1-9U5-$100.00





G Gonzalez (7-1) ERA: 2.96

































event dateOpponentResultscoreOU Resultipmoney
Jun 20, 2017MIAW12-3O7$80.00
Jun 15, 2017NYMW8-3O7$84.00
Jun 10, 2017TEXL3-6U6-$100.00





Bullpen





Chi Cubs's relievers have pitched 6 innings in the last 3 games.
Washington's relievers have pitched 10 innings in the last 3 games.


Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent




Chicago Cubs - E Butler

























DatescoreWinneriphitsRunsEarned RunswalksstrikeoutsDecision
Aug 8, 20156-1WSH684442Loss





Washington Nationals - G Gonzalez

































































DatescoreWinneriphitsRunsEarned RunswalksstrikeoutsDecision
Jun 14, 20164-3CHC6.153349No Decision
May 7, 20168-5CHC5.275512No Decision
Jun 4, 20152-1CHC642246Loss
Jul 5, 201413-0WSH840017Win
Jun 28, 20143-0WSH720027Win





Supergrid




























TitleStatRankStatRank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense4.67154.4810
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense4.57154.3412
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense5.6514.358
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense5.6354.3211



Head To Head Detail




















































































































































































DateAwayaway scoreHomehome scorelineO/UAway PitcherHome PitcherAway HitsHome HitsAway WalksHome WalksAway StrikeoutsHome Strikeouts
Jun 15, 2016CHC4WSH5-1477.5OJason Hammel (R)Stephen Strasburg (R)119341110
Jun 14, 2016CHC4WSH31158UJohn Lackey (R)Gio Gonzalez (L)75531210
Jun 13, 2016CHC1WSH4-1287.5UKyle Hendricks (R)Max Scherzer (R)21005165
May 8, 2016WSH3CHC4-2238UTanner Roark (R)Jake Arrieta (R)1114103910
May 7, 2016WSH5CHC8-1447.5OGio Gonzalez (L)Jason Hammel (R)6116786
May 6, 2016WSH6CHC81008.5OMax Scherzer (R)John Lackey (R)9925158
May 5, 2016WSH2CHC5-1387.5UJoe Ross (R)Kyle Hendricks (R)3842611
Jun 7, 2015CHC6WSH3-1397.5OKyle Hendricks (R)Jordan Zimmermann (R)1485057
Jun 6, 2015CHC4WSH2-1018UJason Hammel (R)Joe Ross (R)752389
Jun 5, 2015CHC5WSH7-1288OTsuyoshi Wada (L)Tanner Roark (R)91203116





MLB Betting Trends




















Team Vs Division Or Conference




Chicago Cubs



























































recordHomeAwayFaveDogO/Uvs LHPvs RHP
Overall38-3722-1616-2136-302-736-36-312-626-31
Last 106-42-14-35-41-02-83-03-4
vs Div20-129-511-718-112-120-11-14-016-12
vs AL1-50-31-21-30-23-2-10-31-2
vs NL37-3222-1315-1935-272-533-34-212-325-29





Washington Nationals



























































recordHomeAwayFaveDogO/Uvs LHPvs RHP
Overall45-3020-1525-1539-227-839-33-37-538-25
Last 106-42-14-36-20-27-31-15-3
vs Div22-158-714-819-124-320-15-22-120-14
vs AL6-74-42-36-50-27-61-25-5
vs NL39-2316-1123-1233-177-632-27-36-333-20





Team Last 5 Games




Chicago Cubs

































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalstarteripopposing starterLocation
Jun 25, 2017MIA2-4L-1419Mike Montgomery6E VolquezA
Jun 24, 2017MIA5-3W-1559J Lester7Justin NicolinoA
Jun 23, 2017MIA0-2L-1139.5J Lackey6J UrenaA
Jun 22, 2017MIA11-1W-1429J Arrieta7J LockeA
Jun 21, 2017SD2-3L-1949.5E Butler4Miguel DiazH





Washington Nationals

































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalstarteripopposing starterLocation
Jun 25, 2017CIN2-6L-15210T Roark6S FeldmanH
Jun 24, 2017CIN18-3W-14610Joe Ross7H BaileyH
Jun 23, 2017CIN6-5W-2409S Strasburg5Luis CastilloH
Jun 21, 2017MIA1-2L-1407.5M Scherzer8D StrailyA
Jun 20, 2017MIA12-3W-1259G Gonzalez7E VolquezA





Weather in
Washington - United States


Weather is Very cloudy  82°F


Very cloudy
Humidity is 28%
Wind is West 9 mph
Visibility is 10.004077 mi
Pressure is N/A inHg



Forecast for Washington



 

Next up:
Chicago at Washington Tuesday, June 27

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