The Texas Rangers (18-21) and the Chicago Cubs (27-13) meet on Sunday at 2:35 p.m. ET to break a 1-1 series tie. The Rangers are favored (-131) to win the contest against the Cubs (+110). Jacob deGrom starts for Texas while Chicago will counter with Jameson Taillon.

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Rangers vs. Cubs betting lines

• Favorite: Rangers (-131)
• Underdog: Cubs (+110)
• Over/under: 8

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have put together a 7-6 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 53.8% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -131 or shorter, Texas has gone 1-4 (20%).
• The Rangers have a 56.7% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Texas has played in 39 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 15 times (15-21-3).
• The Rangers have collected an 18-21-0 record ATS this season (covering 46.2% of the time).

Rangers hitting info

• Josh Jung has put up a team-best batting average of .319.
• In baseball, Jung ranks 66th in home runs and 61st in RBI.
• Brandon Nimmo is hitting .285 with seven doubles, a triple, four home runs and 17 walks.
• Nimmo ranks 96th in home runs and 180th in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
• Corey Seager paces the Rangers with seven home runs.
• Ezequiel Duran is batting .287 with seven doubles, a triple, two home runs and 11 walks.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers pitching staff is 11th in MLB with a collective 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Texas’ 3.76 team ERA ranks seventh among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Rangers combine for the No. 9-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.252).
• Rangers pitchers combine to allow 44 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (20th-fewest in MLB).
• Texas struck out nine Cubs batters while allowing four hits in a 6-0 win in its last game.

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won seven, or 58.3%, of the 12 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• This season, Chicago has won three of its four games when it’s the underdog by at least +110 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 47.6% chance of a victory for the Cubs.
• So far this season, Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 24 of its 40 games with a total.
• The Cubs have an ATS record of 19-21-0 in 40 games with a spread this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Nico Hoerner leads Chicago in runs batted in with 28 while batting .272, which is also best on the team.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Hoerner’s home run total is 96th, and his RBI total is 13th.
• Ian Happ leads Chicago in home runs with nine while driving in 18 runs and slugging .483.
• Happ is 20th in homers and 84th in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
• Dansby Swanson is slashing .206/.318/.382 this season for the Cubs.
• Swanson enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .211 with a double, a walk and an RBI.
• Michael Busch is batting .236 with an OBP of .349 and a slugging percentage of .368 this season.
• Busch brings a five-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .412 with a double, a home run, six walks and six RBIs.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The Cubs strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 19th in MLB.
• Chicago pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.82 ERA this year, eighth-best in baseball.
• Cubs pitchers have a 1.198 WHIP this season, fifth-best in the majors.
• The Cubs have given up the 24th-fewest long balls so far this season with 49 home runs allowed.
• Chicago suffered a 6-0 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out seven Rangers batters while allowing nine hits.