The Chicago Cubs (59-46) and the St. Louis Cardinals (53-52) square off in NL Central action on Monday at 7:45 p.m. ET. The Cubs are favored (-116) against the underdog Cardinals (-102). David Peterson starts for Chicago, and Matthew Liberatore is St. Louis’ pick to start.

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Cubs vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-116)
• Underdog: Cardinals (-102)
• Over/under: 9.5

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won 40 of the 72 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (55.6%).
• Chicago has gone 39-31 (winning 55.7% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -116 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Cubs’ implied win probability is 53.7%.
• Chicago has played in 105 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 56 times (56-47-2).
• The Cubs have collected a 47-58-0 record ATS this season (covering 44.8% of the time).

Cubs hitting info

• Pete Crow-Armstrong leads the Cubs with 23 home runs and has accumulated a team-high batting average of .290.
• Crow-Armstrong’s home runs rank 11th in MLB and he ranks 33rd in RBI in MLB.
• Crow-Armstrong has hit safely in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .474 with three doubles, two triples, two home runs, four walks and seven RBIs.
• Nico Hoerner is hitting .247 with 23 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 36 walks.
• Hoerner ranks 273rd in home runs among hitters in MLB play and 101st in RBI.
• Hoerner has safely hit in three games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .238 with an RBI.
• Dansby Swanson has racked up a team-best 61 runs batted in.
• Swanson brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .389 with a double, two walks and three RBIs.
• Michael Busch is hitting .247 with 18 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs and 66 walks.
• Busch enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .292 with a double, a walk and three RBIs.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Cubs has a collective 7.9 K/9, which ranks 24th in the majors.
• Chicago has the 18th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.23).
• The Cubs have the 10th-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.269).
• The Cubs surrender the second-most home runs in baseball (160 total, 1.5 per game).
• Chicago its 8-7 loss the last time out, the team struck out eight Pirates batters while allowing 11 hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have been underdogs in 73 games this season and won 36 (49.3%) of those contests.
• This season, St. Louis has won 31 of its 63 games, or 49.2%, when it’s the underdog by at least -102 on the moneyline.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 50.5% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
• Games involving St. Louis have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 39 of 105 chances this season.
• The Cardinals are 59-46-0 against the spread in their 105 chances this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Jordan Walker is batting .286 this season with a team-high 22 home runs and 77 RBI.
• Walker ranks 15th in home runs and second in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Alec Burleson leads St. Louis in batting with a .289 average while slugging 15 homers and driving in 71 runs.
• Burleson is 65th overall in homers and seventh in RBI this year.
• Burleson heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .429 with three doubles, a walk and two RBIs.
• JJ Wetherholt has 99 hits this season and a slash line of .253/.349/.393.
• Ivan Herrera is batting .244 with an OBP of .366 and a slugging percentage of .382 this season.
• Herrera has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .250 with a double, a home run and three RBIs.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals average just 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in the majors.
• St. Louis has the 11th-ranked ERA (4.12) in the majors this season.
• Cardinals pitchers have a 1.334 WHIP this season, 20th in the majors.
• The Cardinals have allowed the third-fewest home runs this season at just 104, or 1.0 per game.
• St. Louis pitchers struck out 13 Reds hitters while allowing 10 base hits in a 5-3 loss its last time out.