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The Chicago Cubs (44-49) will vie for their fourth straight victory when they visit the St. Louis Cardinals (48-44) on Friday at 8:15 PM ET on Apple TV+. The Cardinals are listed as -200 favorites to stop the streak, while the Cubs are +166 underdogs to keep their momentum. Sonny Gray will get the ball for St. Louis while Chicago will counter with Kyle Hendricks.
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Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $30.00
Cardinals to win vs Cubs -200
Cardinals vs. Cubs Betting Lines
- Favorite: Cardinals (-200)
- Underdog: Cubs (+166)
- Over/under: 8.5
Cardinals vs. Cubs Betting Insights
- The Cardinals have come away with 25 wins in the 46 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- This year St. Louis has won one of three games when listed as at least -200 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Cardinals have a 66.7% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Cubs have won 44% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (22-28).
- Chicago has never played a game this season with moneyline odds of +166 or longer.
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Cubs have an implied win probability of 37.6%.
Cardinals vs. Cubs Hitting Leaders
- Alec Burleson leads St. Louis in runs batted in with 48 while batting .282.
- Including all batters in baseball, Burleson is 34th in homers and 41st in RBI.
- Brendan Donovan has collected 92 hits this season and has an OBP of .339. He’s slugging .408 on the year.
- Ian Happ has collected a team-best 55 runs batted in.
- Happ’s home run total ranks 41st in the majors, and he is 24th in RBI.
- Nico Hoerner has 15 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 30 walks while hitting .248.
Cardinals vs. Cubs Pitching Rankings
- The Cardinals strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
- The Cardinals have the 15th-ranked ERA (3.99) in the majors this season.
- The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.266 as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in MLB.
- The Cubs pitching staff ranks fifth in MLB with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Chicago has the 12th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.85).
- The Cubs have the 13th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.254).