The Chicago Cubs (31-21) and the Cincinnati Reds (26-27) square off on Sunday at 1:40 p.m. ET to break a 1-1 series tie. The Cubs are favored (-118) to take the contest against the Reds (-101). Ben Brown starts for Chicago while Cincinnati will counter with Nick Lodolo.

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Cubs vs. Reds betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-118)
• Underdog: Reds (-101)
• Over/under: 9

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have a 22-11 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 66.7% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -118 or shorter, Chicago has a record of 20-9 (69%).
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Cubs a 54.1% chance to win.
• Chicago has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 52 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 32 of those games (32-17-3).
• The Cubs have a 27-25-0 record ATS this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker is batting .279 with nine doubles, four triples, 12 home runs and 35 walks.
• In MLB play, Tucker ranks 13th in homers and 10th in RBI.
• Tucker heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .409 with two home runs, two walks and four RBIs.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong has put his power on display as he paces his team with 14 home runs and 46 runs batted in.
• Crow-Armstrong ranks seventh in home runs and second in RBI among hitters in MLB.
• Seiya Suzuki paces the Cubs with 46 runs batted in.
• Suzuki enters this game on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .429 with three doubles, two home runs, three walks and seven RBIs.
• Nico Hoerner has a club-leading .295 batting average.
• Hoerner takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with two doubles, a walk and two RBIs.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cubs pitching staff ranks 23rd in MLB.
• Chicago has a 3.99 team ERA that ranks 17th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cubs have the 18th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.301).
• Cubs pitchers combine to give up the 20th-fewest home runs in baseball (61 total, 1.2 per game).
• Chicago struck out 10 Reds batters while giving up nine hits in a 6-4 loss in its last game.

Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Reds betting info

• The Reds have been underdogs in 27 games this season and won 13 (48.1%) of those contests.
• Cincinnati has a record of 9-11, a 45% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of -101 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Reds have a 50.2% chance to win.
• Cincinnati and its opponents have hit the over in 20 of its 53 games with a total this season.
• The Reds have an ATS record of 28-25-0 in 53 games with a spread this season.

Reds hitting info

• Elly De La Cruz is batting .248 this season with a team-high nine home runs and 37 RBI.
• Among all hitters in MLB, De La Cruz’s home run total is 36th, and his RBI total is 10th.
• TJ Friedl has 53 hits and an OBP of .361 to go with a slugging percentage of .397 this season.
• Friedl ranks 186th among hitters in the majors in homers, and 127th in RBI.
• Friedl takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .391 with two doubles, a triple and two RBIs.
• Gavin Lux’s batting average of .293 leads all Cincinnati hitters this season.
• Austin Hays has collected 33 hits this season and has an OBP of .357. He’s slugging .567 on the year.
• Hays heads into this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with a double, a triple and four RBIs.

Reds pitching rankings

• The Reds average the 18th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the majors this season.
• Cincinnati pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.68 ERA this year, 10th-best in baseball.
• Reds pitchers have a 1.189 WHIP this season, seventh-best in the majors.
• The Reds have given up the 20th-fewest long balls so far this season with 61 home runs allowed.
• Cincinnati pitchers struck out five Cubs batters while allowing 11 hits in a 6-4 win last time out.