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The St. Louis Cardinals (48-45) stumble into Saturday’s matchup with the Chicago Cubs (46-49) looking to break a three-game losing streak. The contest starts at 2:15 PM ET on MARQ with the Cardinals listed as -200 favorites to right the ship. St. Louis’ Lance Lynn gets the start, and he’ll go against Chicago’s Hayden Wesneski.
Take a look at our preview for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB picks, too!
Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $30.00
Cardinals to win vs Cubs -200
Cardinals vs. Cubs Betting Lines
- Favorite: Cardinals (-200)
- Underdog: Cubs (+167)
- Over/under: 8
Cardinals vs. Cubs Betting Insights
- The Cardinals have been favorites in 47 games this season and have come away with the win 25 times (53.2%) in those contests.
- This year St. Louis has won one of four 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 walking away with the win.
- The Cubs have been the moneyline underdog 52 total times this season. They’ve gone 24-28 in those games.
- Chicago has yet to play as a moneyline underdog of +167 or longer.
- The Cubs have a 37.5% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
Cardinals vs. Cubs Hitting Leaders
- Alec Burleson leads St. Louis in runs batted in with 48 and has a batting average of .282.
- Burleson’s home runs put him 36th in MLB, and he ranks 43rd in RBI.
- Brendan Donovan has 93 hits and an OBP of .340 to go with a slugging percentage of .407 this season.
- Ian Happ leads the Cubs with 56 runs batted in.
- Happ’s home run total ranks 42nd in the majors, and he is 24th in RBI.
- Nico Hoerner is hitting .254 with 16 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 30 walks.
Cardinals vs. Cubs Pitching Rankings
- The Cardinals have an 8.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in the majors.
- Cardinals pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.00 this year, which ranks 15th in MLB.
- Cardinals pitchers have a 1.268 WHIP this season, 17th in the majors.
- The 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cubs pitching staff ranks fifth in the majors.
- Chicago has the 10th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.78).
- Pitchers for the Cubs combine for the 12th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.246).