MLB Baseball: Cubs vs Dodgers Odds - July 9th 10:10pm EST
MLB Baseball: Cubs vs Dodgers Odds - July 9th 10:10pm EST
The Chicago Cubs will look to turn things around vs the Los Angeles Dodgers Friday night at 10:10pm EST when they meet at Dodger Stadium. Sports betting odds have the Dodgers -150 baseball betting favorites in MLB picks vs the Cubs +140 while online sportsbooks have the over/under total sitting at 7 (-110). The Dodgers will send righthander Chad Billingsley to the mound for tonight's home game with a 4.06 ERA and 6-4 record this year while the Cubs will counter with lefthander Ted Lilly who has gone 3-7 this year with a 3.76 ERA. The Dodgers won the first game of the series Thursday night 3-2 with two runs in the seventh off a Rafael Furcal homer.
Los Angeles won the game as -185 MLB sports betting favorites vs the Cubs while the five runs stayed UNDER the 7 set at online sportsbooks. Dodger pitcher Clayton Kershaw went eight innings allowing only seven hits and two runs while Furcal nailed a 359-ft homer to right field off Randy Wells to steal the victory from the visiting Cubs. "That was a good one," Kershaw said after the win. "When I got ahead of hitters I was able to put them away for the most part. If you can get those first couple innings out of the way with a low pitch count, you can stay in the game." Wells went seven innings giving up six hits and three runs in the loss for Chicago. Bet the Dodgers -150 as favorites at home in MLB picks vs the Cubs with up to 260% in total bonuses and a 200% poker bonus.
Heading into tonight's game, the Cubs have gone 38-48 on the season, 4-6 when playing on Friday and 6-4 after a loss. Chicago has gone 1-5 in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles, 4-2 in their last 6 games overall and 4-1 in their last 5 games on the road. The Dodgers are 6-3 in sports betting odds for their last 9 games when playing the Cubs, 7-3 in their last 10 games overall, 3-7 in their last 10 games at home and 5-1 in their last 6 games when playing at home against Chicago.