The Chicago Cubs (66-49) and the St. Louis Cardinals (59-58) meet on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. ET. The Cubs are favored on the moneyline (-170) against the underdog Cardinals (+143). Colin Rea starts for Chicago while St. Louis will counter with Andre Pallante.

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Cubs vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-170)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+143)
• Over/under: 8.5

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have been favored on the moneyline 81 total times this season. They’ve finished 53-28 in those games.
• Chicago has a record of 18-8 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -170 or shorter (69.2% winning percentage).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Cubs have an implied win probability of 63%.
• Chicago has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 115 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 57 of those games (57-53-5).
• The Cubs have covered 47.8% of their games this season, going 55-60-0 against the spread.

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker is hitting .272 with 21 doubles, four triples, 18 home runs and 75 walks.
• In MLB play, Tucker ranks 48th in homers and 49th in RBI.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong’s 27 home runs pace his team.
• Crow-Armstrong ranks seventh in home runs and 10th in RBI among batters in MLB action.
• Seiya Suzuki leads the Cubs in home runs (27) and runs batted in (84).
• Suzuki enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .333 with a home run, five walks and three RBIs.
• Nico Hoerner is hitting .292 to lead his team.
• Hoerner takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .278 with three walks and an RBI.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The Cubs pitching staff is 28th in the majors with a collective 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Chicago has a 3.91 team ERA that ranks 16th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cubs have the sixth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.220).
• The Cubs surrender the 24th-fewest home runs in baseball (145 total, 1.3 per game).
• Chicago lost to the Cardinals 5-0 in its last game with five strikeouts while allowing 13 hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have been underdogs in 62 games this season and won 31 (50%) of those contests.
• St. Louis has a record of 3-10 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least +143 on the moneyline.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 41.2% chance of a victory for the Cardinals.
• St. Louis and its opponents have hit the over in 58 of its 116 games with a total this season.
• The Cardinals are 62-54-0 against the spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Brendan Donovan has been key for St. Louis with nine home runs, 43 RBI and a batting average of .278 this season.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Donovan’s home run total is 168th, and his RBI total is 136th.
• Alec Burleson leads St. Louis in batting with a .285 average while slugging 14 homers and driving in 50 runs.
• Burleson is 93rd among batters in the majors in home runs, and 87th in RBI.
• Burleson has hit safely in two straight games. In his last five games he is batting .286 with an RBI.
• Willson Contreras leads the club in homers (16) and runs batted in (65) this season.
• Contreras enters this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .294 with a double, a home run, three walks and three RBIs.
• Masyn Winn has 108 hits and an OBP of .326 to go with a slugging percentage of .395 this season.
• Winn heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .250 with a double, a home run, two walks and an RBI.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals strike out just 7.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in MLB.
• St. Louis pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.19 ERA this year, which ranks 20th in MLB.
• The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.285 as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in MLB.
• With just 113 homers allowed, the Cardinals rank fifth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, St. Louis defeated the Cubs, 5-0, with six strikeouts and seven hits allowed.