Michael Busch leads the Chicago Cubs (53-35) into a contest with the St. Louis Cardinals (47-42) a game after he racked up three homers in an 11-3 win over the Cardinals. The Cubs are moneyline favorites (-204) against the Cardinals (+169) in this outing, which begins at 6:10 p.m. ET on Sunday. Chicago has Matthew Boyd starting, and St. Louis counters with Erick Fedde.

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Cubs vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-204)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+169)
• Over/under: 7.5

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won 43 of the 61 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (70.5%).
• Chicago has a record of 11-1 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -204 or shorter (91.7% winning percentage).
• The Cubs have an implied moneyline win probability of 67.1% in this contest.
• In the 88 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Chicago, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 46 times (46-38-4).
• The Cubs have collected a 44-44-0 record against the spread this season (covering 50% of the time).

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker has 18 doubles, four triples, 17 home runs and 55 walks while batting .284.
• In MLB, Tucker ranks 23rd in home runs and 27th in RBI.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong has 20 doubles, four triples, 23 home runs and 16 walks while hitting .274.
• Crow-Armstrong currently ranks seventh in home runs and ninth in RBI in the bigs.
• Seiya Suzuki leads the Cubs with 24 home runs and 74 runs batted in.
• Suzuki heads into this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .263 with a double, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.
• Busch is batting .288 to pace his team.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Cubs pitching staff ranks 27th in MLB.
• Chicago has the 13th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.78).
• Pitchers for the Cubs combine for the No. 8-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.233).
• Cubs pitchers combine to surrender the 19th-fewest home runs in baseball (104 total, 1.2 per game).
• Chicago took down the Cardinals 11-3 in its last game with seven strikeouts while allowing three hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have won 25, or 51%, of the 49 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• St. Louis has been at least a +169 moneyline underdog three times this season, but was upset in all of those games.
• The Cardinals have a 37.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• St. Louis and its opponents have hit the over in 45 of its 88 games with a total this season.
• The Cardinals are 49-39-0 against the spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Brendan Donovan leads St. Louis with a batting average of .293. He’s also hit seven home runs with 32 RBI.
• Donovan ranks 164th in homers and 133rd in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Donovan takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .158 with a double, a home run, two walks and an RBI.
• Nolan Arenado has collected 75 hits this season and has an OBP of .304. He’s slugging .391 on the year.
• Arenado currently is 98th in homers and 77th in RBI in the big leagues.
• Willson Contreras leads St. Louis in home runs (11) and runs batted in (51) this season while batting .246.
• Lars Nootbaar is slugging .375 this season, with a team-best 11 homers while driving in 36 runs.
• Nootbaar has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .167 with two walks and an RBI.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals average just 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in the majors.
• St. Louis has the 19th-ranked ERA (4.03) in the majors this season.
• Cardinals pitchers have a 1.258 WHIP this season, 14th in the majors.
• The Cardinals have given up the fifth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 81 home runs allowed.
• St. Louis suffered an 11-3 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out five Cubs batters while allowing 13 hits.