Bookmakers don’t expect the Chicago Cubs (59-39), at +117 on the moneyline, to continue their four-game winning streak when they square off against the Boston Red Sox (53-47), at -140, on Sunday at 2:20 p.m. ET. Garrett Crochet starts for Boston while Chicago will counter with Cade Horton.
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Red Sox to win vs Cubs -140
Red Sox vs. Cubs betting lines
- Favorite: Red Sox (-140)
- Underdog: Cubs (+117)
- Over/under: 7
Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Red Sox betting info
- The Red Sox have put together a 36-26 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 58.1% of those games).
- In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -140 or shorter, Boston has gone 12-12 (50%).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Red Sox’s implied win probability is 58.3%.
- Boston has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 99 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 47 of those games (47-49-3).
- The Red Sox have collected a 50-49-0 record ATS this season.
Red Sox hitting info
- Ceddanne Rafaela paces the Red Sox with a .271 batting average.
- Among all hitters in baseball, Rafaela’s home run total ranks 61st and his RBI tally ranks 66th.
- Rafaela has safely hit in 12 games in a row. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .405 with three doubles, five home runs, a walk and 14 RBIs.
- Jarren Duran has 25 doubles, 10 triples, eight home runs and 32 walks while hitting .259.
- Duran ranks 154th in homers and 55th in RBI among MLB batters this season.
- Wilyer Abreu has collected a team-high 18 home runs.
- Trevor Story has racked up 58 runs batted in to pace his team.
Red Sox pitching rankings
- The 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 15th in MLB.
- Boston has the 12th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.83).
- The Red Sox average baseball’s 20th-ranked WHIP (1.302).
- Red Sox pitchers combine to surrender 97 home runs (one per game), the sixth-fewest in the majors.
- Boston struck out five Cubs batters while allowing 11 hits in a 6-0 loss in its last game.
Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Cubs betting info
- The Cubs have won 12, or 38.7%, of the 31 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- Chicago is 4-8 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +117 or more on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 46.1% chance of a victory for the Cubs.
- Games involving Chicago have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 49 of 98 chances this season.
- The Cubs have an ATS record of 50-48-0 in 98 games with a spread this season.
Cubs hitting info
- Kyle Tucker has been key for Chicago with 18 home runs, 57 RBI and a batting average of .281 this season.
- In all of MLB, Tucker ranks 27th in home runs and 28th in RBI.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong is slugging .551 this season, with a team-best 26 homers while driving in 72 runs.
- Crow-Armstrong ranks sixth in homers and eighth in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
- Crow-Armstrong brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .200 with a double, a home run and two RBIs.
- Seiya Suzuki leads the club in homers (26) and runs batted in (80) this season.
- Michael Busch leads Chicago with a .289 batting average. He’s also hit 20 homers and has 60 RBI.
Cubs pitching rankings
- The Cubs strike out just 7.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
- Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.77 ERA this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- Cubs pitchers have a 1.223 WHIP this season, sixth-best in the majors.
- With 117 homers allowed, the Cubs rank 21st in the league at preventing long balls.
- Chicago pitchers struck out 10 Red Sox batters while allowing six hits in a 6-0 win last time out.
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