4 Unit Play. Take the Chicago Cubs -125 over the San Diego Padres (Write-up to come shortly). The Cubs are in the thick of the playoff race. If the playoffs were held today, they would be 3.5 games back (the same as the Braves). Ted Lilly comes off one of his worst performances of the year. He was hammered for 7 runs in 4 innings as he averaged around 24 pitches per inning. The Phillies went on to win 9-1. Prior to that he had 3 straight quality starts and 8 of 9 quality starts overall. Correia is quite talented and he has produced four straight quality starts. By no means, this is to take nothing away from him. But, the Cubs are in the playoff chase, Lilly comes off a very poor effort and will look to bounce-back today and the Cubs offense certainly has an edge over the Padres. The juice isn't all too bad here and I believe we have a decent opportunity to pick up a win here in San Diego. The Cubs are 7-1 as road favorites of this margin and the Padres are 4-18 as home underdogs of late.
Good luck,
IC