Pete Crow-Armstrong leads the Chicago Cubs (32-27) into a contest with the St. Louis Cardinals (30-26) a game after he totaled four hits in a 6-1 win over the Cardinals. The Cubs are favored (-114) against the Cardinals (-105) in this outing, which begins at 7:20 p.m. ET on Sunday. Jordan Wicks starts for Chicago, and Matthew Liberatore is St. Louis’ choice to start.

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Cubs vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-114)
• Underdog: Cardinals (-105)
• Over/under: 8.5

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won 55% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (22-18).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -114 or shorter, Chicago has gone 22-17 (56.4%).
• The Cubs have an implied moneyline win probability of 53.3% in this matchup.
• In the 59 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Chicago, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 33 times (33-24-2).
• The Cubs have put together a 24-35-0 record against the spread this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Nico Hoerner is batting .252 with 13 doubles, four home runs and 27 walks.
• Hoerner ranks 160th in homers and 34th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Ian Happ has hit 13 home runs to lead his team.
• Happ ranks 15th in home runs among hitters in MLB play and 41st in RBI.
• Happ heads into this game on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .417 with three doubles, three home runs and 11 RBIs.
• Michael Busch has sent home a team-best 35 runs batted in.
• Busch takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .316 with five walks and five RBIs.
• Crow-Armstrong has eight doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 22 walks while hitting .237.
• Crow-Armstrong has safely hit in five straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .364 with three doubles, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cubs pitching staff ranks 20th in MLB.
• Chicago’s 4.17 team ERA ranks 17th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Cubs combine for the No. 8-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.235).
• The Cubs allow the second-most home runs in baseball (82 total, 1.4 per game).
• Chicago knocked off the Cardinals 6-1 in its last game with seven strikeouts while allowing five hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have been underdogs in 48 games this season and won 26 (54.2%) of those contests.
• This season, St. Louis has won 22 of its 43 games, or 51.2%, when it’s the underdog by at least -105 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Cardinals have a 51.2% chance to win.
• So far this season, St. Louis and its opponents have hit the over in 22 of its 56 games with a total.
• The Cardinals are 33-23-0 ATS in their 56 games with a spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Jordan Walker leads St. Louis in batting average (.290), home runs (15) and runs batted in (42) this season.
• Walker’s home run total ranks ninth in MLB, and he is sixth in RBI.
• Ivan Herrera has 54 hits and an OBP of .386 to go with a slugging percentage of .428 this season.
• Herrera is 69th among batters in the big leagues in homers, and 77th in RBI.
• Alec Burleson has collected 60 base hits, an OBP of .347 and a slugging percentage of .439 this season.
• JJ Wetherholt has collected 52 hits this season and has an OBP of .356. He’s slugging .404 on the year.
• Wetherholt takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .316 with two doubles and a walk.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals average just 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in the big leagues.
• St. Louis pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.21 ERA this year, which ranks 18th in MLB.
• Cardinals pitchers have a 1.374 WHIP this season, 22nd in the majors.
• With 60 homers allowed, the Cardinals rank 14th in the league at preventing long balls.
• St. Louis suffered a 6-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out seven Cubs batters while allowing 12 hits.