Phillies vs. Cubs Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 4, 2024

The Chicago Cubs (39-48) hope to avoid their fourth straight defeat when they host the Philadelphia Phillies (57-29) Thursday at 2:20 PM ET on MLB Network. The Phillies are listed as -116 favorites, while the Cubs are -103 underdogs as they try to snap their losing skid. Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sanchez gets the start, and he’ll go against Chicago’s Jameson Taillon.

Be sure to check out our betting primer for this contest, and uncover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Phillies vs. Cubs Betting Lines

• Favorite: Phillies (-116)
• Underdog: Cubs (-103)
• Over/under: 7.5

Phillies vs. Cubs Betting Insights

• The Phillies have won in 49, or 68.1%, of the 72 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• Philadelphia has a record of 47-22 in contests when bookmakers favor them by -116 or more on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Phillies have a 53.7% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• The Cubs have won 40.4% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (19-28).
• Chicago is 15-23 (winning only 39.5% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of -103 or longer.
• The Cubs have an implied moneyline win probability of 50.7% in this matchup.

Phillies vs. Cubs Hitting Leaders

• Alec Bohm leads Philadelphia in runs batted in with 70 and has a batting average of .299.
• Among all hitters in Major League Baseball, Bohm’s home run total places him 61st and his RBI tally ranks him third.
• Bryson Stott has 65 hits and an OBP of .334 to go with a slugging percentage of .358 this season.
• Cody Bellinger has a team-best batting average of .274.
• Bellinger’s home run total ranks 102nd in the majors, and he is 95th in RBI.
• Ian Happ is hitting .227 with 19 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 46 walks.

Phillies vs. Cubs Pitching Rankings

• The Phillies average nine strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-most in the league.
• The Phillies have a 3.09 ERA as a team, best in baseball.
• The Phillies have a combined WHIP of just 1.122 as a pitching staff, which is the second-best in baseball this season.
• The 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cubs pitching staff ranks third in MLB.
• Chicago’s 4.01 team ERA ranks 15th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Cubs combine for the 19th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.277).