Cubs/StL....am I missing something?

[Gookis]

Zambrano has been lights out....the Cubs have been lights out, and the Cubs are only -135???

Does this seem off to anyone else??

[BigWeiner]

Looks like a sucker play to me. Similar to Johan last night on the road

[Kaptain]

I love the Cards + 1 1/2 @ -128 my self

[Chado1]

Cubs have cooled off a bit and are on the road that would explain the line IMO....

[Spearit]

Lee is back in the linup for the Cubs and I sense most will be on the cubs. However,
Kip Wells (4-12, 5.75) allowed two hits in eight innings of a 6-0 victory at Florida on Wednesday.

"This game is going to bring his confidence back," Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina said.

Wells a right-hander is 3-3 with a 3.06 ERA in 14 starts against the Cubs.

[GrandPa]

I think Kip Wells' last outing has influenced the deflated line

[molta02]

sometimes its easy to outthink yourself.....other times the line is what it is for a reason.

[sinatra1]

Line is low for a reason. Zambrano is overdue for a bad outing. I'm jumoing on the Cardinals.

[Ram Fan]

If this a sucker play then I am a sucker. Played the Cubs last night -131 for 5 units. Which is my biggest play. Zambrano always pitches well against STL. In recent years he has ussally faced Carpenter head to head. Kip Wells sucks, period. Florida helped him out alot in his last outing by swinging at alot of bad pitches. I have seen most of Wells starts this year either in person or on the tube. Anytime he has done anything that looked positive whether it was a start or out of the pen, he ussally implodes in his next outing. Zambrano has been really good since the dugout altercation and always gets up for the cards. Wells is lucky he is still pitching in the big leagues. I surely would not have stuck with him this long. Its hard to pitch when you have zero confidence. And Kip Wells falls in that category. At this price the Cubs are a really good play. So I am playing this with my head and not my heart. I am a Cards fan and hate the Cubbies. But this play screams at me to play it. Cubbies have had the Cards number back thru last season. I will be at the game and will be secretly rooting for this play to come in. Trust me when I say it is hard for me to root for the Cubs. But I am on them big tonight. Maybe I am a sucker. But I don't think so.

[Ram Fan]

Seen this elsewhere. More fuel for the fire.
Zambrano didn't allow a run in his second straight start, giving up two hits before being pulled after five innings because of heat exhaustion in the Cubs' 12-1 win over San Francisco on Wednesday. He hasn't allowed a run in 15.2 innings dating to a 6-2 loss at Pittsburgh on July 8. He's 7-2 in his last nine outings, allowing two ERs or less eight times, while posting a 1.86 ERA in that stretch! Zambrano is 6-4 with a 2.43 ERA in 17 games (16 starts) against St Louis, including a 5-0 mark with a 1.38 ERA in his last eight starts against the Cardinals dating to 2005. Kip Wells (4-12, 5.75) will take the mound for St Louis in the opening game of a seven-game homestand against the NL Central's top two teams (Milwaukee is next). Wells, looking to avoid becoming the majors' first 13-game loser, will try to post consecutive wins for the first time in 2007. He allowed two hits in eight innings of a 6-0 victory at Florida on Wednesday. However, don't be fooled by one good outing. The Cards are 3-14 in his 17 starts this year and at minus-$1,209 on the season, only San Francisco's Matt Cain (3-17 and minus-$1,666) has lost more money among MLB's starters in '07!

[rocko]

i agree with ya 110% do not get fooled guys and think to much cardinals suck this year and trust me i hate to say that me living here but they do AND THE ONLY REASON I SEE THE LINE BEING THE WAY IT IS CAUSE OF IT BEING A CUBS/CARDS GAME U NEVER KNOW WHAT U ARE GOING TO GET BUT LIKE RAMSFAN SAID ZAMBRANO ALWAYS PITCHES TOUGH AGAINST I THINK THIS WILL BE ONE OF MY BIGGEST PLAYS OF THE BASEBALL YEAR TAKING THE CUBS THAT IS GLLLLLLLLL
GET-R-DON PEACE