The Pittsburgh Pirates (65-85) host the Chicago Cubs (85-64) on Monday at 6:40 p.m. ET. The Pirates are underdogs (+114) against the favored Cubs (-135). Chicago has Jameson Taillon starting, and Pittsburgh will counter with Braxton Ashcraft.

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Cubs vs. Pirates betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-135)
• Underdog: Pirates (+114)
• Over/under: 8

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have been favored on the moneyline 108 total times this season. They’ve gone 68-40 in those games.
• Chicago has gone 52-27 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -135 or shorter (65.8% winning percentage).
• The Cubs have an implied moneyline win probability of 57.4% in this game.
• Chicago has played in 149 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 68 times (68-72-9).
• The Cubs are 68-81-0 against the spread this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Nico Hoerner leads the Cubs with a team-best batting average of .299.
• Hoerner’s home runs rank 269th in MLB and he ranks 111th in RBI in MLB.
• Hoerner has safely hit in nine straight games. During his last 10 games he is batting .410 with five doubles, a triple, a home run, four walks and five RBIs.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong’s 28 home runs are a team-high mark.
• Crow-Armstrong ranks 24th in home runs and 25th in RBI among hitters in MLB.
• Ian Happ has 28 doubles, 22 home runs and 82 walks while hitting .242.
• Seiya Suzuki has made the most of his opportunities as he paces his team with 91 runs batted in.
• Suzuki takes a six-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .211 with a double, six walks and four RBIs.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cubs pitching staff ranks 28th in MLB.
• Chicago’s 3.86 team ERA ranks ninth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cubs have the second-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.193).
• Cubs pitchers combine to surrender the 23rd-fewest home runs in baseball (184 total, 1.2 per game).
• In its 4-3 win last time out, Chicago struck out 13 Rays batters while allowing nine hits.

Pirates betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Pirates betting info

• The Pirates have entered the game as underdogs 104 times this season and won 43, or 41.3%, of those games.
• Pittsburgh has entered 74 games this season as the underdog by +114 or more and is 28-46 in those contests.
• The implied probability of a win by the Pirates, based on the moneyline, is 46.7%.
• Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 61 of its 149 games with a total this season.
• The Pirates have an ATS record of 80-69-0 in 149 games with a spread this season.

Pirates hitting info

• Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in batting average (.242) and runs batted in (71) this season while also slugging 15 homers.
• Reynolds is 128th in home runs and 69th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Oneil Cruz is slugging .383 this season, with a team-best 19 homers while driving in 56 runs.
• Cruz ranks 79th in homers and 125th in RBI among all MLB hitters this season.
• Andrew McCutchen is slashing .241/.335/.378 this season for the Pirates.
• Spencer Horwitz is batting .260 with an OBP of .337 and a slugging percentage of .405 this season.

Pirates pitching rankings

• The Pirates have an 8.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in the big leagues.
• Pittsburgh pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.88 ERA this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
• The Pirates have a combined WHIP of just 1.224 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
• The Pirates have given up the third-fewest long balls so far this season with only 140 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Pittsburgh fell to the Nationals 4-3. Its pitchers compiled 10 strikeouts and seven hits allowed.