The Chicago Cubs (65-47) and the Cincinnati Reds (59-54) square off on Tuesday at 8:05 p.m. ET. The Cubs are favored on the moneyline (-185) against the underdog Reds (+153). Shota Imanaga takes the mound first for Chicago, and Zack Littell is Cincinnati’s pick to start.

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Cubs vs. Reds betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-185)
• Underdog: Reds (+153)
• Over/under: 8

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have a 52-26 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 66.7% of those games).
• Chicago has gone 15-3 (winning 83.3% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -185 or shorter.
• The Cubs have an implied moneyline win probability of 64.9% in this contest.
• Chicago has played in 112 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 57 times (57-50-5).
• The Cubs have a 54-58-0 record ATS this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker is batting .274 with 21 doubles, four triples, 18 home runs and 75 walks.
• Tucker’s home runs rank 47th in MLB and he ranks 42nd in RBI in MLB.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong has hit 27 home runs to lead his team.
• Crow-Armstrong ranks seventh in home runs among hitters in MLB play and ninth in RBI.
• Seiya Suzuki has sent home a team-best 82 runs batted in.
• Nico Hoerner has a club-best .292 batting average.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The Cubs pitching staff is 28th in the majors with a collective 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Chicago’s 3.91 team ERA ranks 16th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Cubs combine for the No. 6-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.224).
• Cubs pitchers combine to give up the 24th-fewest home runs in baseball (143 total, 1.3 per game).
• Chicago struck out 11 Reds batters while giving up six hits in a 3-2 loss in its last game.

Reds betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Reds betting info

• This season, the Reds have won 31 out of the 59 games, or 52.5%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• This season, Cincinnati has won three of its 10 games, or 30%, when it’s the underdog by at least +153 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 39.5% chance of a victory for the Reds.
• Games involving Cincinnati have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 42 of 110 chances this season.
• In 110 games with a spread this season, the Reds are 59-51-0 ATS.

Reds hitting info

• Elly De La Cruz leads Cincinnati in batting average (.282), home runs (19) and runs batted in (73) this season.
• In all of MLB, De La Cruz is 36th in homers and 13th in RBI.
• TJ Friedl has 107 hits and an OBP of .373 to go with a slugging percentage of .397 this season.
• Friedl ranks 146th in homers and 168th in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
• Friedl enters this game on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is batting .278 with a double, a home run, eight walks and four RBIs.
• Spencer Steer has collected 88 base hits, an OBP of .302 and a slugging percentage of .383 this season.
• Matt McLain has 85 hits and an OBP of .308 to go with a slugging percentage of .345 this season.
• McLain enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with a double, a walk and two RBIs.

Reds pitching rankings

• The Reds have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in the majors.
• Cincinnati has the 14th-ranked ERA (3.88) in the majors this season.
• The Reds have a combined 1.239 WHIP as a pitching staff, ninth-lowest in MLB.
• The Reds have allowed the 14th-fewest home runs this season with 125, or 1.1 per game.
• Cincinnati earned a 3-2 win in its most recent game, striking out eight Cubs batters while allowing three hits.