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Sport / league:: MLB
Event / fixture:: Chicago Cubs at LA Dodgers
Event date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 at 12:10 PM
Market:: Line/Handicap
Tip:: LA Dodgers -1.5 @ 1.75 (William Hill)
Tip Result:: Loss

The 55-76 Chicago Cubs are 1-6 in their last 7 games, 1-4 in their last 5 on the road, 0-5 in their last 5 against the LA Dodgers and 1-4 in their last 5 on the road against the Dodgers. Starting pitcher Travis Wood has a 3.22 ERA for the season with a 7-10 W/L record. The Cubs have lost 4 of the last 5 games when he has started. Wood gave up 5 earned runs in 3 1/3 innings in his last start against the LA Dodgers. He has a lifetime 7.65 ERA against them.

The 77-54 LA Dodgers are 20-5 in their last 25 games. They are 8-2 in their last 10 at home. Starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw has a 1.72 ERA for the season with a 13-7 W/L record. With Mets pitcher Matt Harvey being shut down with injury, Kershaw is now arguably the sole contender for the National League Cy Young Award, which highlights the strong form he's in. He has won his last 3 starts, pitching 8 innings in each of them. He gave up only 1 earned run during that stretch. Also, Kershaw has a 1.61 lifetime ERA against the Cubs and a 1.56 ERA at home this season.

Given the disparities in both the batting and pitching line ups, I would take the LA Dodgers -1.5.

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