The Chicago Cubs (53-35) and the St. Louis Cardinals (47-42) play on Saturday at Wrigley Field, beginning at 2:20 p.m. ET. The Cubs are moneyline favorites (-120), while the Cardinals are +102 underdogs, despite being favored against the spread (1.5) with +150 odds. Chicago’s Drew Pomeranz gets the start against St. Louis’ Matthew Liberatore.

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Cubs vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-120)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+102)
• Over/under: 10.5

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won 70.5% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (43-18).
• Chicago has gone 40-14 (winning 74.1% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -120 or shorter.
• The Cubs have a 54.5% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• In the 88 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Chicago, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 46 times (46-38-4).
• The Cubs have covered 50% of their games this season, going 44-44-0 ATS.

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker has 18 doubles, four triples, 17 home runs and 55 walks while hitting .284.
• Tucker ranks 22nd in homers and 26th in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong is batting .274 with 20 doubles, four triples, 23 home runs and 16 walks.
• Among all MLB hitters, Crow-Armstrong ranks seventh in home runs and ninth in RBI.
• Seiya Suzuki has a team-high 24 home runs and 74 runs batted in.
• Suzuki has hit safely in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .263 with a double, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.
• Michael Busch is hitting .288 to pace his team.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The Cubs pitching staff is 27th in the majors with a collective 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Chicago has the 13th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.78).
• Pitchers for the Cubs combine for the No. 8-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.233).
• Cubs pitchers combine to surrender the 19th-fewest home runs in baseball (104 total, 1.2 per game).
• In its 11-3 win last time out, Chicago struck out seven Cardinals batters while allowing three hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have entered the game as underdogs 49 times this season and won 25, or 51%, of those games.
• This season, St. Louis has won 11 of its 31 games, or 35.5%, when it’s the underdog by at least +102 on the moneyline.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 49.5% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
• St. Louis and its opponents have hit the over in 45 of its 88 games with a total this season.
• In 88 games with a spread this season, the Cardinals are 49-39-0 ATS.

Cardinals hitting info

• Brendan Donovan leads St. Louis with a .293 batting average. He’s also hit seven homers and has 32 RBI.
• Donovan ranks 162nd in homers and 130th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Donovan has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .158 with a double, a home run, two walks and an RBI.
• Nolan Arenado has collected 75 hits this season and has an OBP of .304. He’s slugging .391 on the year.
• Arenado ranks 97th in homers and 72nd in RBI among all major league hitters this season.
• Willson Contreras leads St. Louis in home runs (11) and runs batted in (51) this season while batting .246.
• Lars Nootbaar is slugging .375 this season, with a team-best 11 homers while driving in 36 runs.
• Nootbaar takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .167 with two walks and an RBI.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals average just 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in the majors.
• St. Louis has the 19th-ranked ERA (4.03) in the majors this season.
• The Cardinals rank 14th in MLB with a combined 1.258 WHIP this season.
• The Cardinals have allowed the fifth-fewest home runs this season at just 81, or 0.9 per game.
• St. Louis pitchers struck out five Cubs hitters while allowing 13 base hits in an 11-3 loss its last time out.