The Colorado Rockies aim for a three-game sweep against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field Wednesday afternoon

Colorado Rockies at Chicago Cubs

The Colorado Rockies aim for a three-game sweep over the Chicago Cubs Wednesday afternoon

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The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs play the final game of their current three-game series Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field

Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs have gone 11-1 in starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano's last 12 trips to the mound

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Chicago Cubs AT Houston Astros

April 12, 2011 at 8:05 PM EST
Opening Runline:  HOU -1.5 +160, CUB +1.5 -180
Current Runline:  HOU -1.5 +170, CUB +1.5 -205
Opening Moneyline:  HOU -135, CUB +115
Current Moneyline:  HOU -120, CUB +110
Opening Total: 8
Current Total:  8

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Chicago Cubs (Matt Garza, 0-0) at Milwaukee Brewers (Chris Narveson, 0-0)
Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Saturday, April 9, 2011, 7:10 pm Eastern, TV: Comcast-Chicago, FSN-Wisconsin, MLB Extra Innings
Opening Money Line: MIL -115 / CHC -105
Current Money Line: MIL -110 / CHC +100
Opening Run Line: CHC + 1 1/2 -210 / MIL – 1 1/2 +180
Current Run Line: CHC  + 1 1/2 -220 / MIL – 1 1/2 +190
Opening Total: 8 1/2 under -120 / over even
Current Total: 8 1/2 under -115 / over -105

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With Bodog closing their future’s betting for the season, we are left with Sportsbook as our new provider of future’s bets, for this preview and the remaining NL West preview.  We’ll take a look here at the most wide open division in baseball.  All three of the top teams have legitimate division crown hopes, and the bottom three teams offer the greatest host of teams that have no chance of making any waves of any sort at all.

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The Braves picked up a dramatic victory in the opening game of this series and now turn to one of their best pitchers in Game 2.

Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs

Atlanta picked up a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs to open this three-game set at Wrigley Field on Friday afternoon.  Braves outfielder Rick Ankiel cleared the bases with a two-out triple in the ninth inning in order for the club to move 22 games over .500 on the year.  “It’s like there’s something in the water around here,” Ankiel said.  “It’s fun.  It’s like no matter what, we’re never out of it.  It’s fun to be a part of it.”  The win also gave the club its 37th comeback victory of the season, which leads all of baseball.  Atlanta is 23-16 in day games this season (+450) and 70-66 over the last three years (-320).  The club is also just a game over .500 versus southpaws (22-21, -490) and the total is 20-21 O/U in those contests.

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The Cubs will be facing off against a former teammate this afternoon in the first game of a three-game set at Wrigley Field.

Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs

Atlanta starts this three-game series with a new first baseman in the fold, as Derek Lee joins the team and will face his former ball club out of the gate.  Lee spent seven seasons in Chicago and hit .298 with 179 home runs and 574 RBI over that span.  “The main thing is we’ve got six weeks to go and Atlanta’s in first place,” he said.  “They’re playing great baseball.  A chance to go to the postseason, it’s hard to pass up.”  The Braves went 5-2 on its last homestand and now head off on a six game road trip.  Atlanta is 27-33 on the road this season (-800) and the total stands at 29-28 O/U in those contests.  The team is also 10-9 as a road favorite of -125 to -150 (-180) in 2010 and 22-22 in this situation the last three years (-760).

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Both pitchers find themselves in a situation to dominate opposing hitters in the second game of this three-game series at Busch Stadium.

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals

Chicago has lost 14 of its last 16 games including a 6-3 defeat in the first game of this three-game series against its main NL Central rival.  “We just didn’t hold the game in check,” manager Lou Piniella said.  The Cubs are now also 1-7 in their 17-game stretch in which they face teams that either rank first or second in their division.  The club is now 12-26 in series openers this season. Offensively, the team is awaiting the return of 3B Aramis Ramirez, who was withheld from Friday’s lineup with a sore left oblique muscle.  Chicago has been a road underdog of +200 to +225 just once this year (-100) and three times over the last three seasons (-300).  The team is a disappointing 26-33 in day games in 2010 (-1,550) and the total stands at 29-27 O/U in those contests.  The Cubs average 4.5 runs and hit for a combined .258 average under the sun.

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