Chicago is recalling Javier Assad from Triple-A specifically to hand him this start, and the numbers say the Cubs are getting a real arm back: a 3.46 ERA and 1.10 WHIP across 83 innings in the majors this year, with a 6-1 record to show for it. He was up and down all August, optioned out on the 21st, and his most recent Triple-A outing was five-plus innings of one-run ball; he now steps into a Chicago rotation that leads the majors in runs per game against a Miami team that has dropped two straight. Ryan Gusto has actually pitched well in his last few turns for the Marlins, one run allowed across his last three starts combined, but a 1-3 record tells the story of a team that has not scored behind him. The Cubs are 80-62 with a real offense to lean on; Miami sits at 71-71 and 20th in the league in scoring, and a fresh, sharp arm on the mound tonight is exactly the kind of edge that gets missed when a name comes off the transaction wire instead of the season stat page. I like the Cubs on the moneyline tonight.
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Who was the public on? 81% of the public money was on Chicago Cubs to win on the moneyline. And, 82% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 5.0 to 4.0 with Chicago winning on the moneyline, Miami winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Who was the public on? 88% of the public money was on Chicago Cubs to win on the moneyline. And, 90% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 4.4 to 4.2 with Chicago winning on the moneyline, Miami winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Who was the public on? 84% of the public money was on Chicago Cubs to win on the moneyline. And, 94% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 5.6 to 3.0 with Chicago winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Who was the public on? 83% of the public money was on Chicago Cubs to win on the moneyline. And, 80% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 4.1 to 3.3 with Chicago winning on the moneyline, Miami winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Who was the public on? 84% of the public money was on Chicago Cubs to win on the moneyline. And, 69% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 4.2 to 3.6 with Chicago winning on the moneyline, Miami winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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