Cubs vs. Cardinals Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 1, 2024

The St. Louis Cardinals (56-52), led by Mike Siani on a 10-game hitting streak, will meet the Chicago Cubs (51-58) Thursday at Wrigley Field. The Cubs are -114 favorites for the matchup, which starts at 8:05 PM ET on MARQ. Shota Imanaga starts for Chicago while Sonny Gray is St. Louis’ starter for the contest.

Here is our betting preview for this contest, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Cubs vs. Cardinals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-114)
• Underdog: Cardinals (-105)
• Over/under: 8

Cubs vs. Cardinals Betting Insights

• The Cubs have been victorious in 21, or 45.7%, of the 46 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This season Chicago has been victorious 19 times in 42 chances when named as a favorite of at least -114 on the moneyline.
• The Cubs have an implied victory probability of 53.3% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
• The Cardinals are 26-26 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 50% of those games).
• St. Louis has a 25-26 record (winning 49% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of -105 or longer.
• The Cardinals have a 51.2% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Cubs vs. Cardinals Hitting Leaders

• Isaac Paredes leads Chicago with 16 home runs this season. He’s batting .243 with 55 RBI.
• Including all hitters in baseball, Paredes is 48th in homers and 44th in RBI.
• Ian Happ is batting .230 this season with a team-high 16 home runs and 60 RBI.
• Alec Burleson has put up a team-best batting average of .281 while pacing the Cardinals in runs batted in (63).
• Burleson is 29th in homers and 26th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Brendan Donovan is batting .264 with 22 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 30 walks.

Cubs vs. Cardinals Pitching Rankings

• The Cubs strike out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-best in MLB.
• The Cubs have the seventh-best ERA (3.79) in the majors this season.
• The Cubs have a combined WHIP of 1.249 as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in MLB.
• The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Cardinals pitching staff ranks 26th in the majors.
• St. Louis has the 16th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.05).
• Pitchers for the Cardinals combine for the 18th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.272).