Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals Free Pick and Betting Odds. The 20-6 St. Louis Cardinals host the 13-12 Chicago Cubs in MLB action tonight on the grass of Busch Stadium, May 6, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:15PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Cardinals -122/Cubs +112
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Jon Lester (L) W/L 1-2 WHIP 1.33 ERA 4.71
Lance Lynn (R) W/L 1-2 WHIP 1.19 ERA 3.07

St. Louis defeated Chicago 7-4 last night and leads the series 2-0. The Cardinals are currently on an 8-game winning streak with all of the games coming at home. They are now 13-2 at home in 2015. The Cubs are 0-2 on their current road trip and 1-5 in their last six games.

St. Louis is 3-1 vs. Chicago this season and has a 6-3 edge in the last nine games between these two teams.

Lester got his first win of the year in his last outing, a 1-0 win over Milwaukee (7 innings, 0 runs). It was his 2nd-straight Q start of the year. Lynn received a no decision in his last start despite a dominating performance (7 innings, 1 run, 10 Ks). Lynn has allowed only 1 run in 4 of his 5 starts but the team is only 2-3 in his 5 starts.

Cubs SS Starlin Castro (.333) and 1B Anthony Rizzo (.217) are the only players with more than 9 ABs vs. Lynn. No Chicago player has stolen a base off of the right-hander.

St. Louis OF Jason Heyward has had a lot of success vs. Lester (.583) while IF Mark Reynolds (.286) and SS Jhonny Peralta (.250) have also faced Lester many times. All 3 players have homered off of the veteran lefty. 3B Matt Carpenter and OFs Matt Holliday and Jon Jay are a collective 7-11 (.636) off of Lester.

Chicago at St. Louis Betting Trends

The Cubs are 2-4 straight up in their last 6 road games.
Chicago is 3-6 straight up in their last 9 games against St. Louis
The game total has gone over the posted line 6 times in Chicago’s last 7 games in St. Louis
The Cardinals are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 home games.
St. Louis is 6-3 straight up in their last 9 games at home against Chicago

Injury Report

CHICAGO CUBS
Dallas Beeler P 15-Day Disabled List
Chris Denorfia OF 15-Day Disabled List
Justin Grimm P 15-Day Disabled List
Tommy La Stella 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Mike Olt 3B 60-Day Disabled List
Neil Ramirez P 15-Day Disabled List
Jacob Turner P 60-Day Disabled List
Tsuyoshi Wada P 15-Day Disabled List

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Jaime Garcia P 15-Day Disabled List
Randal Grichuk OF 15-Day Disabled List
Thomas Pham OF 60-Day Disabled List
Adam Wainwright P 60-Day Disabled List
Jordan Walden P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Chicago: 35%
St. Louis: 65%

Free MLB Pick

Scoring runs hasn’t been an issue for either team in this series with a combined 30 runs scored in the two games. That may change tonight with crafty lefty Jon Lester on the mound for Cubs and Lance Lynn for the Cards. After a slow start to the season Lester has put together two Q starts pitching 13 innings allowing 3 runs and has pitched well against St. Louis in the past. Lynn got rocked for 6 runs two starts ago in Milwaukee but rebounded nicely with 7 strong innings of 1 run ball in his last. He’s been ultra-sharp at home this season allowing 2 runs in 12 innings covering two starts with both games won by the Cardinals. He loves to face Chicago with four consecutive Q starts including his latest at Wrigley Field where he went 6 innings allowing 1 run on 2 hits striking out 9.

Take the UNDER 7‏