The Chicago Cubs are at home for Game 2 of the NL Wild Card Series against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday at 3:08 p.m. ET at Wrigley Field. The Cubs have a 1-0 series lead. Chicago’s Andrew Kittredge starts against San Diego’s Dylan Cease.

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Cubs vs. Padres betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-114)
• Underdog: Padres (-105)
• Over/under: 6.5

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won 75 of the 117 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (64.1%).
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -114 or shorter, Chicago has gone 73-40 (64.6%).
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Cubs a 53.3% chance to win.
• Chicago has played in 163 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 75 times (75-78-10).
• The Cubs have collected a 78-85-0 record against the spread this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker is hitting .266 with 25 doubles, four triples, 22 home runs and 87 walks.
• Among batters in baseball, Tucker ranks 65th in homers and 77th in RBI.
• Nico Hoerner’s .297 batting average is a team-high mark.
• Hoerner ranks 264th in home runs and 123rd in RBI among MLB batters this season.
• Hoerner has safely hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .238 with a home run and two RBIs.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong is batting .247 with 37 doubles, four triples, 31 home runs and 29 walks.
• Seiya Suzuki’s 103 runs batted in are a team-high mark.
• Suzuki enters this game on an eight-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .281 with a double, six home runs, four walks and 13 RBIs.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Cubs has a collective 7.9 K/9, the fourth-worst in MLB.
• Chicago has the eighth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.80).
• The Cubs average baseball’s best WHIP (1.178).
• The Cubs give up the 23rd-fewest home runs in baseball (202 total, 1.2 per game).
• Chicago defeated the Padres 3-1 in its last game with six strikeouts while allowing four hits.

Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Padres betting info

• This season, the Padres have won 35 out of the 70 games, or 50%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• San Diego is 31-35 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -105 or more on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Padres have a 51.2% chance to win.
• Games involving San Diego have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 69 of 163 chances this season.
• The Padres have an ATS record of 88-75-0 in 163 games with a spread this season.

Padres hitting info

• Fernando Tatis Jr. is batting .268 with 25 home runs and 71 RBI for San Diego this season.
• Tatis is 50th in home runs and 84th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Manny Machado is batting .275 this season with a team-high 27 home runs and 95 RBI.
• Machado ranks 38th in home runs and 20th in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
• Luis Arraez’s batting average of .292 leads all San Diego hitters this season.
• Ryan O’Hearn has collected 133 hits this season and has an OBP of .366. He’s slugging .437 on the year.

Padres pitching rankings

• The Padres strike out 9.0 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-best in MLB.
• San Diego has the third-best ERA (3.63) in the majors this season.
• The Padres have a combined WHIP of just 1.209 as a pitching staff, which is the third-best in baseball this season.
• The Padres have allowed the 13th-fewest home runs this season with 178, or 1.1 per game.
• San Diego pitchers struck out 13 Cubs hitters while allowing six base hits in a 3-1 loss its last time out.