Dodgers-Cubs Pointers

The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Wrigley Field in Game 1 of their NLDS. Derek Lowe will be the starting pitcher for the Dodgers on this day. Righthander Lowe is 14-11 this season with a 3.24 ERA. Meanwhile, it'll be Ryan Dempster who starts for the Cubs. Righthander Dempster is 17-6 with a 2.96 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 152-moneyline favorites versus the Dodgers, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Tim Lincecum allowed only one run in seven innings while striking out 13 to lead the Giants past the Dodgers 3-1 in Los Angeles' regular season finale on Sunday. The Giants were a -160 favorite in the game and the four runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (7). Hiroki Kuroda pitched five shutout innings for the Dodgers and Andre Ethier was 2-2 with an RBI. Ronny Cedeno drove in the Cubs' only run in their 3-1 loss to the Brewers on Sunday afternoon. The Brewers picked up the victory as -270 home favorites in that season-ending contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the posted total (8.5). Team records: Los Angeles: 84-78 SU Chicago: 97-64 SU Los Angeles most recently: When playing on Wednesday are 7-3 Before playing Chi Cubs are 5-5 After playing San Francisco are 5-5 After a loss are 7-3 Chicago most recently: When playing on Wednesday are 5-5 Before playing LA Dodgers are 4-6 After playing Milwaukee are 5-5 After a loss are 6-4 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Dodgers's last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers's last 8 games when playing Chi Cubs LA Dodgers are 17-8 SU in their last 25 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Dodgers's last 6 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 6 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers Chi Cubs are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi Cubs's last 8 games when playing LA Dodgers The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 7 games Next up: Chi Cubs home to LA Dodgers, Thursday, October 2