Chicago at Chicago

Large line but so what. We have the World Champs at home against a team that is now 7-14 on the road, have lost 14 of 17 overall and is scoring 3 runs per game over their past seven games. We also have Freddy Garcia (2.91 ERA over his last three starts) going against Rich Hill (7.63 ERA in his three starts). Garcia has won six straight and is 3-0 with a 0.82 ERA vs. the Cubs. He's also 19-5 in the first half of the season the past two years. Home favorites starting a pitcher whose ERA is 4.20 to 4.70 on the season with a bullpen that has thrown under 2 innings in each of the last 3 games are 58-14 (81%) since 1997 as they take advantage of a very well rested pen. There are selected times to lay this kind of wood and this is one of them.