The Chicago Cubs (42-27) host the Pittsburgh Pirates (28-42) on Friday at Wrigley Field, beginning at 2:20 p.m. ET. The Cubs are favored on the moneyline (-114), while the Pirates are -105 underdogs, despite being favored against the spread (1.5) with +166 odds. Cade Horton gets the starting nod for Chicago, and Paul Skenes is Pittsburgh’s choice to start.

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Cubs vs. Pirates betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-114)
• Underdog: Pirates (-105)
• Over/under: 7

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won 71.7% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (33-13).
• Chicago has a 32-13 record (winning 71.1% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -114 or shorter.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Cubs’ implied win probability is 53.3%.
• In the 69 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Chicago, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 36 times (36-29-4).
• The Cubs have covered 52.2% of their games this season, going 36-33-0 against the spread.

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker is hitting .273 with 12 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs and 46 walks.
• Among all hitters in baseball, Tucker’s home run total ranks 21st and his RBI tally ranks 19th.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong has hit 18 home runs with 57 RBI. Both are team-highs.
• Crow-Armstrong ranks seventh in home runs and third in RBI this year.
• Seiya Suzuki paces the Cubs with 57 runs batted in.
• Suzuki has hit safely in four straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .238 with a home run and two RBIs.
• Nico Hoerner’s .285 batting average paces his team.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The Cubs pitching staff ranks 25th in MLB with a collective 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Chicago’s 3.68 team ERA ranks ninth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cubs average MLB’s 15th-ranked WHIP (1.241).
• Cubs pitchers combine to surrender 73 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (14th-fewest in the majors).
• Chicago struck out 10 Pirates batters while allowing four hits in a 3-2 win in its last game.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have won 19, or 39.6%, of the 48 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Pittsburgh has a record of 16-29, a 35.6% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of -105 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 51.2% chance of a victory for the Pirates.
• So far this season, Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 27 of its 70 games with a total.
• In 70 games with a spread this season, the Pirates are 33-37-0 ATS.

Pirates hitting info

• Oneil Cruz leads Pittsburgh in home runs this season with 13 while driving in 29 runs.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Cruz ranks 21st in homers and 98th in RBI.
• Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in runs batted in (39) this season. He’s batting .229 while slugging .370.
• Reynolds ranks 90th in home runs and 33rd in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Andrew McCutchen is batting .263 to lead Pittsburgh, while adding six homers and 25 runs batted in this season.
• McCutchen heads into this game on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .256 with two doubles, two home runs, a walk and nine RBIs.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa is batting .297 with an OBP of .348 and a slugging percentage of .375 this season.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The Pirates average just 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in the big leagues.
• Pittsburgh pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.79 ERA this year, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• Pirates pitchers have a 1.198 WHIP this season, seventh-best in the majors.
• The Pirates have given up the fourth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 58 home runs allowed.
• Pittsburgh suffered a 3-2 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out nine Cubs batters while allowing four hits.