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The St. Louis Cardinals (56-53), led by Mike Siani on an 11-game hitting streak, will meet the Chicago Cubs (53-58) Friday at Wrigley Field. The Cubs are -114 favorites for the matchup, which starts at 2:20 PM ET on MARQ. Javier Assad gets the starting nod for Chicago while Erick Fedde is St. Louis’ starter for the contest.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $37.54
Cubs to win vs Cardinals -114
Cubs vs. Cardinals Betting Lines
- Favorite: Cubs (-114)
- Underdog: Cardinals (-105)
- Over/under: 8
Cubs vs. Cardinals Betting Insights
- The Cubs have been favorites in 47 games this season and have come away with the win 22 times (46.8%) in those contests.
- Chicago has a record of 20-23 when favored by -114 or more this year.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Cubs have a 53.3% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Cardinals have a 26-27 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 49.1% of those games).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -105 or longer, St. Louis has a record of 25-26 (49%).
- The Cardinals have an implied moneyline win probability of 51.2% in this matchup.
Cubs vs. Cardinals Hitting Leaders
- Isaac Paredes is batting .243 with 16 home runs and 55 RBI for Chicago this season.
- Of all batters in MLB, Paredes’ home run total ranks him 51st and his RBI tally places him 44th.
- Ian Happ leads Chicago in home runs (17) and runs batted in (62) this season while batting .233.
- Alec Burleson leads the Cardinals in runs batted in (63) and has put up a team-best batting average of .281.
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, Burleson’s home run total puts him 30th, and his RBI total ranks 26th.
- Brendan Donovan is batting .262 with 22 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 30 walks.
Cubs vs. Cardinals Pitching Rankings
- The Cubs have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, 10th-best in baseball.
- Cubs pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.79 this year, ninth-best in baseball.
- The Cubs rank 13th in MLB with a combined 1.249 WHIP this season.
- The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 8.1 K/9, the fifth-worst in MLB.
- St. Louis has the 17th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.06).
- Pitchers for the Cardinals combine for the 18th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.272).