Two of the league’s top sluggers face off when the Philadelphia Phillies (37-28) and the Chicago Cubs (40-25) play at 6:45 p.m. ET on Monday at Citizens Bank Park. Kyle Schwarber has 20 home runs (fourth in the majors) for the favored Phillies (-151), and Pete Crow-Armstrong ranks eighth in MLB play with 17 round-trippers this season for the Cubs (+127). Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler gets the start against Chicago’s Matthew Boyd.

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Phillies vs. Cubs betting lines

• Favorite: Phillies (-151)
• Underdog: Cubs (+127)
• Over/under: 7.5

Phillies betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Phillies betting info

• The Phillies have won 60.4% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (32-21).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -151 or shorter, Philadelphia has a 26-8 record (winning 76.5% of its games).
• The Phillies have an implied moneyline win probability of 60.2% in this contest.
• In the 65 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Philadelphia, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 29 times (29-34-2).
• The Phillies have a 31-34-0 record against the spread this season (covering 47.7% of the time).

Phillies hitting info

• Schwarber leads the Phillies with 20 home runs and 46 runs batted in.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Schwarber’s home run total ranks fourth and his RBI tally ranks ninth.
• Trea Turner has a club-best .300 batting average.
• Turner ranks 104th in home runs and 80th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Nick Castellanos has 16 doubles, six home runs and 14 walks while batting .282.
• Bryson Stott is batting .239 with six doubles, two triples, four home runs and 20 walks.

Phillies pitching rankings

• The 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Phillies pitching staff ranks third in MLB.
• Philadelphia has a 4.01 team ERA that ranks 19th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Phillies average MLB’s 19th-ranked WHIP (1.311).
• The Phillies allow the 13th-fewest home runs in baseball (66 total, one per game).
• Philadelphia its 2-1 loss the last time out, the team struck out 12 Pirates batters while allowing seven hits.

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won nine, or 42.9%, of the 21 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Chicago has entered six games this season as the underdog by +127 or more and is 3-3 in those contests.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Cubs have a 44.1% chance to win.
• So far this season, Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 35 of its 65 games with a total.
• The Cubs are 34-31-0 against the spread in their 65 chances this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker is batting .278 with 12 home runs and 40 RBI for Chicago this season.
• Tucker’s home run total ranks 28th in the majors, and he is 19th in RBI.
• Crow-Armstrong’s 17 home runs are most among Chicago batters. He’s driven in 54 runs this season while slugging .559.
• Crow-Armstrong ranks eighth overall in home runs and fourth in RBI this year.
• Crow-Armstrong has hit safely in four games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .238 with two home runs and three RBIs.
• Seiya Suzuki leads Chicago in runs batted in (55) this season. He has a .264 batting average and a .554 slugging percentage.
• Nico Hoerner leads Chicago with a .286 batting average.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The Cubs have a 7.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 25th in the big leagues.
• Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.68 ERA this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
• The Cubs have a combined WHIP of 1.231 as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• The Cubs have allowed the 17th-fewest home runs this season with 70, or 1.1 per game.
• Last time out, Chicago fell to the Tigers 4-0. Its pitchers compiled eight strikeouts and 10 hits allowed.