Orioles vs. Cubs Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups July 9, 2026

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The Baltimore Orioles (42-50) host the Chicago Cubs (51-40) on Thursday at 6:35 p.m. ET. The Orioles are favored (-132) against the underdog Cubs (+108). Trevor Rogers starts for Baltimore while Chicago will counter with David Peterson.

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Orioles to win vs Cubs -132

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Orioles vs. Cubs betting lines

  • Favorite: Orioles (-132)
  • Underdog: Cubs (+108)
  • Over/under: 9.5

Orioles betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Orioles betting info

  • The Orioles have been favored on the moneyline 45 total times this season. They’ve gone 21-24 in those games.
  • Baltimore has a 12-12 record (winning 50% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -132 or shorter.
  • The Orioles have a 56.9% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
  • In the 92 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Baltimore, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 51 times (51-39-2).
  • The Orioles have a 45-47-0 record ATS this season (covering 48.9% of the time).

Orioles hitting info

  • Pete Alonso paces the Orioles with 19 home runs and 60 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-best batting average of .251.
  • Alonso’s home runs rank 22nd in MLB and he ranks 12th in RBI in MLB.
  • Gunnar Henderson is batting .223 with 16 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 34 walks.
  • Henderson ranks 37th in homers and 90th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
  • Taylor Ward has accumulated a team-high batting average of .251.
  • Adley Rutschman is hitting .259 with 18 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 24 walks.
  • Rutschman brings a five-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .318 with three doubles and five RBIs.

Orioles pitching rankings

  • The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Orioles pitching staff ranks 22nd in the majors.
  • Baltimore’s 4.36 team ERA ranks 20th among all MLB pitching staffs.
  • The Orioles have the 21st-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.375).
  • The Orioles surrender the 14th-fewest home runs in baseball (100 total, 1.1 per game).
  • Baltimore its 5-2 loss the last time out, the team struck out five Cubs batters while allowing 10 hits.

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

  • This season, the Cubs have won 15 out of the 27 games, or 55.6%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
  • Chicago has entered 11 games this season as the underdog by +108 or more and is 7-4 in those contests.
  • The moneyline for this contest implies a 48.1% chance of a victory for the Cubs.
  • Chicago and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 49 of its 91 opportunities.
  • The Cubs are 38-53-0 against the spread in their 91 chances this season.

Cubs hitting info

  • Pete Crow-Armstrong leads Chicago in homers with 19 while also maintaining a team-best .293 batting average.
  • Among all batters in the majors, Crow-Armstrong’s home run total is 22nd, and his RBI total is 40th.
  • Crow-Armstrong brings a seven-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .324 with a double, two home runs, nine walks and five RBIs.
  • Nico Hoerner has collected 86 hits this season and has an OBP of .314. He’s slugging .337 on the year.
  • Hoerner is 250th overall in homers and 99th in RBI this year.
  • Hoerner brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .222 with a double, a walk and two RBIs.
  • Dansby Swanson is among the top hitters for Chicago with a .211 average, 16 homers and 58 RBI.
  • Swanson brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with three home runs and nine RBIs.
  • Michael Busch is batting .232 with an OBP of .367 and a slugging percentage of .388 this season.

Cubs pitching rankings

  • The Cubs average the 24th-most strikeouts per nine innings (eight) in the majors this season.
  • Chicago has the 19th-ranked ERA (4.33) in the majors this season.
  • The Cubs rank 12th in MLB with a combined 1.267 WHIP this season.
  • With 137 homers allowed, the Cubs rank 29th in the league at preventing long balls.
  • Chicago earned a 5-2 win in its most recent game, striking out 12 Orioles batters while allowing six hits.
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