The San Francisco Giants (28-41) match up against the Chicago Cubs (35-34) a game after Matt Chapman homered twice in an 11-10 win over the Nationals. The Cubs are favored (-126) in this matchup with the Giants (+105), which begins at 10:05 p.m. ET on Saturday. Ben Brown gets the starting nod for Chicago, and Trevor McDonald is San Francisco’s choice to start.
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Cubs to win vs Giants -126
Cubs vs. Giants betting lines
- Favorite: Cubs (-126)
- Underdog: Giants (+105)
- Over/under: 8
Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Cubs betting info
- The Cubs have won 25 of the 49 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (51%).
- Chicago has gone 22-21 (winning 51.2% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -126 or shorter.
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Cubs’ implied win probability is 55.8%.
- Chicago has played in 69 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 37 times (37-30-2).
- The Cubs have covered only 36.2% of their games this season, going 25-44-0 ATS.
Cubs hitting info
- Nico Hoerner is hitting .247 with 15 doubles, four home runs and 30 walks.
- Hoerner’s home runs rank 191st in MLB and he ranks 66th in RBI in MLB.
- Hoerner has hit safely in four games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .211 with a double and a walk.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong has a club-leading .257 batting average.
- Crow-Armstrong ranks 44th in homers and 78th in RBI this season.
- Crow-Armstrong has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .348 with a double, a triple, two home runs, a walk and two RBIs.
- Ian Happ leads the Cubs with 15 home runs.
- Happ brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .188 with a triple, a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
- Michael Busch has put up 38 runs batted in to lead his team.
- Busch heads into this game on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .350 with a home run, two walks and two RBIs.
Cubs pitching rankings
- The Cubs pitching staff ranks 22nd in MLB with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Chicago has the 20th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.31).
- Pitchers for the Cubs combine for the No. 9-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.253).
- Cubs pitchers combine to allow 102 total home runs at a clip of 1.5 per game (most in MLB).
- In its 9-3 win last time out, Chicago struck out 11 Rockies batters while allowing 12 hits.
Giants betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Giants betting info
- The Giants have won 17, or 38.6%, of the 44 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- San Francisco has entered 31 games this season as the underdog by +105 or more and is 14-17 in those contests.
- The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 48.8% chance of a victory for the Giants.
- San Francisco’s games have gone over the total in 35 of its 69 chances.
- The Giants are 30-39-0 ATS in their 69 games with a spread this season.
Giants hitting info
- Luis Arraez is batting .327 with two home runs and 25 RBI for San Francisco this season.
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, Arraez is 282nd in homers and 142nd in RBI.
- Arraez has safely hit in 11 games in a row. During his last 10 games he is hitting .356 with four doubles, two triples, a walk and two RBIs.
- Casey Schmitt is batting .276 this season with a team-high 15 home runs and 38 RBI.
- Schmitt is 17th in home runs and 36th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
- Jung Hoo Lee’s batting average of .338 leads all San Francisco hitters this season.
- Lee takes an 18-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is batting .500 with three doubles, a walk and five RBIs.
- Chapman has collected 66 hits this season and has an OBP of .345. He’s slugging .409 on the year.
- Chapman takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .600 with a double, two home runs, four walks and six RBIs.
Giants pitching rankings
- The Giants strike out 8.0 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 23rd in MLB.
- San Francisco has the 23rd-ranked ERA (4.57) in the majors this season.
- The Giants have a combined WHIP of 1.413 as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- The Giants have allowed the 13th-fewest home runs this season with 71, or 1.0 per game.
- San Francisco earned an 11-10 win in its most recent game, striking out six Nationals batters while allowing 14 hits.
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