The Chicago Cubs (84-63) carry a three-game win streak into a home matchup against the Tampa Bay Rays (72-75) on Sunday at 2:20 p.m. ET. The Cubs are favored (-167) over the Rays (+141). Chicago’s Shota Imanaga and Tampa Bay’s Adrian Houser will take the mound first.
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Cubs to win vs Rays -167
Cubs vs. Rays betting lines
- Favorite: Cubs (-167)
- Underdog: Rays (+141)
Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Cubs betting info
- The Cubs have been favored on the moneyline 107 total times this season. They’ve finished 67-40 in those games.
- Chicago has gone 25-14 (winning 64.1% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -167 or shorter.
- The Cubs have an implied moneyline win probability of 62.5% in this matchup.
- Chicago has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 147 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 67 of those games (67-72-8).
- The Cubs have a 67-80-0 record against the spread this season (covering 45.6% of the time).
Cubs hitting info
- Nico Hoerner leads the Cubs with a .296 batting average.
- Among all hitters in MLB action, Hoerner’s home run total ranks 269th and his RBI tally ranks 119th.
- Hoerner enters this matchup on a seven-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .375 with four doubles, a triple, a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong has put his power on display as he paces his team with 28 home runs.
- Among all MLB hitters, Crow-Armstrong ranks 21st in home runs and 23rd in RBI.
- Seiya Suzuki has racked up a team-best 91 runs batted in.
- Suzuki enters this game on a six-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .211 with a double, six walks and four RBIs.
- Ian Happ is hitting .241 with 28 doubles, 21 home runs and 80 walks.
- Happ has hit safely in three games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .333 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and two RBIs.
Cubs pitching rankings
- The Cubs pitching staff ranks 28th in MLB with a collective 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Chicago has the 10th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.86).
- Cubs pitchers combine for the No. 2 WHIP in MLB (1.189).
- Cubs pitchers combine to surrender the 22nd-fewest home runs in baseball (180 total, 1.2 per game).
- Chicago struck out six Rays batters while allowing five hits in a 6-4 win in its last game.
Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Rays betting info
- This season, the Rays have been the underdog 71 times and won 29, or 40.8%, of those games.
- This season, Tampa Bay has won five of its 12 games, or 41.7%, when it’s the underdog by at least +141 on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rays have a 41.5% chance to win.
- Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in 64 of its 147 games with a total this season.
- The Rays are 66-81-0 against the spread in their 147 chances this season.
Rays hitting info
- Junior Caminero leads Tampa Bay in home runs with 42 and runs batted in with 106.
- In all of MLB, Caminero is sixth in homers and sixth in RBI.
- Yandy Diaz leads Tampa Bay in batting with a .290 average while slugging 23 homers and driving in 78 runs.
- Diaz ranks 50th in home runs and 40th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
- Brandon Lowe has 120 hits this season and a slash line of .260/.312/.478.
- Chandler Simpson is batting .291 with an OBP of .323 and a slugging percentage of .338 this season.
- Simpson brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .350 with an RBI.
Rays pitching rankings
- The Rays average 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-most in the big leagues.
- Tampa Bay has the 12th-ranked ERA (3.90) in the majors this season.
- Rays pitchers have a 1.214 WHIP this season, fourth-best in the majors.
- With 188 homers allowed, the Rays rank 24th in the league at preventing long balls.
- Last time out, Tampa Bay fell to the Cubs 6-4. Its pitchers compiled 12 strikeouts and 12 hits allowed.
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