The Chicago Cubs (29-20) host the Milwaukee Brewers (28-18) on Wednesday at Wrigley Field, starting at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Cubs are favored on the moneyline (-119), while the Brewers are -101 underdogs, even though they are favored against the spread (1.5) with +178 odds. Edward Cabrera starts for Chicago while Milwaukee will counter with Kyle Harrison.

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Cubs vs. Brewers betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-119)
• Underdog: Brewers (-101)
• Over/under: 6.5

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won 63.6% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (21-12).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -119 or shorter, Chicago has a 19-10 record (winning 65.5% of its games).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Cubs’ implied win probability is 54.3%.
• Chicago has played in 49 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 28 times (28-19-2).
• The Cubs have covered 42.9% of their games this season, going 21-28-0 ATS.

Cubs hitting info

• Nico Hoerner has put up a team-high 30 runs batted in.
• Hoerner’s home runs rank 128th in MLB and he ranks 25th in RBI in MLB.
• Dansby Swanson is hitting .195 with four doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 24 walks.
• Swanson ranks 49th in home runs among hitters in baseball and 40th in RBI.
• Swanson enters this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .200 with a double, a home run, a walk and two RBIs.
• Ian Happ leads the Cubs with 10 home runs.
• Michael Busch has 11 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 32 walks while hitting .236.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Cubs has a collective 8.1 K/9, which ranks 21st in MLB.
• Chicago has a 4.12 team ERA that ranks 15th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Cubs pitchers combine for the No. 8 WHIP in baseball (1.225).
• Cubs pitchers combine to give up 67 total home runs at a rate of 1.4 per game (second-most in MLB).
• Chicago struck out seven Brewers batters while allowing 11 hits in a 5-2 loss in its last game.

Brewers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Brewers betting info

• This season, the Brewers have won 10 out of the 17 games, or 58.8%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Milwaukee has entered nine games this season as the underdog by -101 or more and is 5-4 in those contests.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 50.2% chance of a victory for the Brewers.
• Milwaukee and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 21 of its 46 opportunities.
• The Brewers are 28-18-0 ATS in their 46 games with a spread this season.

Brewers hitting info

• Brice Turang leads Milwaukee in batting average (.292), home runs (seven) and runs batted in (29) this season.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Turang is 49th in homers and 30th in RBI.
• William Contreras has collected 49 hits this season and has an OBP of .350. He’s slugging .375 on the year.
• Contreras is 170th among batters in the big leagues in home runs, and 40th in RBI.
• Contreras has safely hit in five straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .304 with an RBI.
• Jake Bauers has an average of .292 this year with seven homers and 28 RBI.
• Bauers has hit safely in 10 straight games. In his last 10 games he is batting .432 with five doubles, two home runs, four walks and nine RBIs.
• Sal Frelick is batting .227 with an OBP of .302 and a slugging percentage of .313 this season.
• Frelick has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .238 with two doubles and three RBIs.

Brewers pitching rankings

• The Brewers have a 9.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, first-best in baseball.
• Milwaukee has the third-best ERA (3.26) in the majors this season.
• The Brewers have a combined WHIP of just 1.208 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
• No team has allowed fewer than the 35 homers the Brewers have given up so far this year.
• Milwaukee pitchers struck out 13 Cubs batters while allowing seven hits in a 5-2 win last time out.