Bookmakers give the Chicago Cubs (88-69) the edge, -126 on the moneyline, to end their five-game losing streak when they square off against the New York Mets (81-76), at +106, on Wednesday at 8:05 p.m. ET. Matthew Boyd starts for Chicago while New York will counter with Jonah Tong.

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Cubs vs. Mets betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-126)
• Underdog: Mets (+106)
• Over/under: 7

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won 62.5% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (70-42).
• Chicago has gone 58-31 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -126 or shorter (65.2% winning percentage).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Cubs a 55.8% chance to win.
• Chicago has played in 157 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 71 times (71-76-10).
• The Cubs have put together a 73-84-0 record ATS this season (covering 46.5% of the time).

Cubs hitting info

• Nico Hoerner leads the Cubs with a team-best batting average of .302.
• Among all hitters in baseball, Hoerner’s home run total ranks 278th and his RBI tally ranks 124th.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong is hitting .246 with 37 doubles, four triples, 29 home runs and 29 walks.
• Crow-Armstrong ranks 29th in home runs and 27th in RBI among MLB batters this season.
• Ian Happ is batting .241 with 30 doubles, 23 home runs and 86 walks.
• Happ has hit safely in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .190 with two doubles, a walk and three RBIs.
• Seiya Suzuki has made the most of his opportunities as he paces his team with 92 runs batted in.
• Suzuki heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .200 with a double, two walks and an RBI.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Cubs has a collective 7.9 K/9, the fifth-worst in MLB.
• Chicago’s 3.82 team ERA ranks seventh among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Cubs pitchers combine for the No. 2 WHIP in the majors (1.186).
• Cubs pitchers combine to surrender the 23rd-fewest home runs in baseball (196 total, 1.2 per game).
• Chicago struck out seven Mets batters while allowing 11 hits in a 9-7 loss in its last game.

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• This season, the Mets have been the underdog 46 times and won 19, or 41.3%, of those games.
• This season, New York has won eight of its 23 games, or 34.8%, when it’s the underdog by at least +106 on the moneyline.
• The Mets have a 48.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Games involving New York have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 74 of 157 chances this season.
• The Mets are 72-85-0 against the spread this season.

Mets hitting info

• Juan Soto leads New York in home runs this season with 42 while driving in 104 runs.
• Soto ranks seventh in home runs and 10th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Soto takes a seven-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .308 with two doubles, three home runs, six walks and nine RBIs.
• Francisco Lindor has 168 hits and an OBP of .344 to go with a slugging percentage of .462 this season.
• Lindor is 29th in home runs and 37th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Lindor heads into this game on an 11-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is hitting .350 with two doubles, three home runs, six walks and six RBIs.
• Pete Alonso leads New York in batting average (.273) and runs batted in (123) this season while also slugging 37 homers.
• Alonso has safely hit in nine games in a row. In his last 10 outings he is batting .368 with a double, four home runs, four walks and 10 RBIs.
• Brandon Nimmo has 148 hits and an OBP of .324 to go with a slugging percentage of .441 this season.
• Nimmo brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .273 with two home runs, a walk and eight RBIs.

Mets pitching rankings

• The Mets average 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-most in the majors.
• New York has pitched to a 4.01 ERA this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
• The Mets rank 23rd in MLB with a combined 1.329 WHIP this season.
• With just 143 homers allowed, the Mets rank second in the league at preventing long balls.
• New York pitchers struck out 11 Cubs batters while allowing nine hits in a 9-7 win last time out.