Guardians vs. Cubs Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 13, 2024

The Chicago Cubs (59-60) roll into Tuesday’s matchup with the Cleveland Guardians (69-49) looking to extend a four-game winning streak. The contest starts at 6:40 PM ET on BSGL with the Guardians listed as -123 favorites on the moneyline to stop the Cubs’ streak. Carlos Carrasco will get the ball for Cleveland while Chicago will counter with Javier Assad.

Be sure to check out our preview for this tilt, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Guardians vs. Cubs Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-123)
• Underdog: Cubs (+105)
• Over/under: 8.5

Guardians vs. Cubs Betting Insights

• The Guardians have won in 49, or 66.2%, of the 74 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• Cleveland has a record of 36-16 in contests when oddsmakers favor them by -123 or more on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 55.2% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Cubs have won 32 of the 65 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (49.2%).
• Chicago has a record of 23-21 when playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +105 or longer (52.3%).
• The Cubs have an implied moneyline win probability of 48.8% in this game.

Guardians vs. Cubs Hitting Leaders

• Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs (31) and runs batted in (97) this season while batting .280.
• Ramirez ranks fifth in homers and second in RBI among all batters in baseball.
• Josh Naylor has collected 100 hits this season and has an OBP of .327. He’s slugging .483 on the year.
• Isaac Paredes is batting .240 with 22 doubles, a triple, 18 home runs and 55 walks.
• In all of the majors, Paredes ranks 46th in homers and 37th in RBI.
• Nico Hoerner is batting .256 with 22 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 35 walks.

Guardians vs. Cubs Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-best in MLB.
• Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.76 this year, fourth-best in baseball.
• The Guardians have a combined WHIP of just 1.225 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cubs pitching staff ranks 10th in MLB.
• Chicago’s 3.73 team ERA ranks third across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Cubs combine for the No. 9-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.236).