Fernando Tatis Jr. leads the San Diego Padres (43-41) into a contest with the Chicago Cubs (48-38) after his two-home run outing in a 9-7 loss to the Cubs. The Cubs are favorites (-158) for this game against the underdog Padres (+129), which begins at 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Chicago’s Colin Rea starts against San Diego’s Walker Buehler.

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Cubs vs. Padres betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-158)
• Underdog: Padres (+129)
• Over/under: 11

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have been the moneyline favorite 59 total times this season. They’ve finished 33-26 in those games.
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -158 or shorter, Chicago has a 14-8 record (winning 63.6% of its games).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Cubs a 61.2% chance to win.
• Chicago has played in 86 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 46 times (46-38-2).
• The Cubs have a 35-51-0 record against the spread this season (covering 40.7% of the time).

Cubs hitting info

• Pete Crow-Armstrong has racked up a team-high batting average of .284, and leads the Cubs in home runs (18).
• Crow-Armstrong ranks 20th in home runs and 39th in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
• Crow-Armstrong takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .176 with a home run, seven walks and an RBI.
• Nico Hoerner has 21 doubles, four home runs and 34 walks while batting .243.
• Hoerner ranks 235th in homers and 97th in RBI this season.
• Hoerner takes a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .300 with an RBI.
• Dansby Swanson has driven in a team-best 49 runs batted in.
• Swanson brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .250 with a double, two home runs and three RBIs.
• Michael Busch is batting .233 with 14 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 60 walks.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cubs pitching staff ranks 24th in the majors.
• Chicago has the 18th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.25).
• Pitchers for the Cubs combine for the 11th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.255).
• Cubs pitchers combine to surrender the most home runs in baseball (131 total, 1.5 per game).
• Chicago struck out four Padres batters while allowing 13 hits in a 9-7 win in its last game.

Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Padres betting info

• This season, the Padres have won 23 out of the 49 games, or 46.9%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• San Diego has a record of 3-9 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +129 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Padres, based on the moneyline, is 43.7%.
• San Diego and its opponents have hit the over in 37 of its 84 games with a total this season.
• The Padres have an ATS record of 46-38-0 in 84 games with a spread this season.

Padres hitting info

• Tatis leads San Diego in batting average (.284) this season while adding five home runs and 33 RBI.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Tatis is 207th in homers and 118th in RBI.
• Tatis has safely hit in five games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .292 with a double, two home runs and five RBIs.
• Manny Machado leads San Diego in home runs (16) and runs batted in (46) this season while batting .189.
• Machado is 32nd in homers and 39th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
• Xander Bogaerts has collected 65 base hits, an OBP of .324 and a slugging percentage of .338 this season.
• Bogaerts brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .294 with a double, two walks and two RBIs.
• Gavin Sheets has collected 56 hits this season and has an OBP of .317. He’s slugging .461 on the year.

Padres pitching rankings

• The Padres have an 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in the majors.
• San Diego has pitched to a 3.94 ERA this season, which ranks 11th in baseball.
• Padres pitchers have a 1.317 WHIP this season, 17th in the majors.
• The Padres have allowed the fifth-fewest home runs this season at just 85, or 1.0 per game.
• San Diego pitchers struck out five Cubs hitters while allowing 13 base hits in a 9-7 loss its last time out.