Chicago Cubs at Detroit Tigers Free MLB Pick and Betting Lines. The 30-28 Detroit Tigers play host to the 30-25 Chicago Cubs tonight in MLB action on the grass of Comerica Park, June 9, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 7:08PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Tigers -126/Cubs +116
O/U Total: 8

Pitching Matchup
Jon Lester (L) W/L 4-4 WHIP 1.36 ERA 3.86
Anibal Sanchez (R) W/L 3-7 WHIP 1.30 ERA 5.69

Both teams were idle on Monday. Chicago is currently 4-3 on their road trip and 5-3 in their past 8 games. Detroit is 2-1 on their homestand and 2-8 in their last 10 games.

Detroit has an 8-1 lead in this series dating back to 2006.

Lester was a 7-3 loser at Miami in his last start, going 5 innings and allowing 6 runs. It was his worst start of the season and snapped a string of 7-straight Q starts.

Sanchez took the loss in a 6-1 defeat at the hands of Oakland last week. He yielded 4 runs in 7 innings and has 6 Q starts in 2015.

For Chicago, OF Chris Denorfia (2-4) and Chris Coghlan (1-2) are both batting .500 against Sanchez and both players have stolen a base against him. 1B Anthony Rizzo is 2-6 vs. the veteran right-hander. The quintet of Cs David Ross and Miguel Montero, SS Starlin Castro, OF Dexter Fowler and UT Jonathan Herrera are a combined 7-49 (.143) vs. Gonzalez and Ross and Montero are the only Cubs to have homered off of him.

Many Tiger hitters have seen Lester from his days in the AL. 1B Miguel Cabrera is 12-23 (.522) with a HR and 3 RBIs vs. the veteran left-hander. OF Rajai Davis is 12-41 (.293) with a HR, 6 RBIs and 7 SBs while 2B Ian Kinsler is 7-32 (.219) with 2 HRs, 4 RBIs and a steal. 3B Nick Castellanos is 2-5 (.400) with a solo HR but the duo of OFs Anthony Gose and Yoenis Cespedes have struggled vs. Lester, going a combined 2-19 (.105) off him.

Chicago at Detroit Betting Trends

The Cubs are 1-9 straight up in their last 10 games against the Tigers.
Chicago is 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games on the road in Detroit.
The game total has gone over in 6 of Chicago’s last 8 games against Detroit.
The Tigers are 2-8 straight up in their last 10 games.
Detroit is 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games at home.

Injury Report

CHICAGO CUBS
Tommy La Stella 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Mike Olt 3B 60-Day Disabled List
Neil Ramirez P 15-Day Disabled List
Jorge Soler OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jacob Turner P 60-Day Disabled List

DETROIT TIGERS
Alex Avila C 15-Day Disabled List
Kyle Lobstein P 15-Day Disabled List
Victor Martinez DH 15-Day Disabled List
Joe Nathan P 60-Day Disabled List
Bruce Rondon P 15-Day Disabled List
Justin Verlander P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Chicago: 46%
Detroit: 54%

Free MLB Pick

Jon Lester was on an impressive roll with 6 Q starts before getting blown up in Miami for 6 runs in 5 innings on 9 hits which included 2 home runs. His historical stats against the Tigers are not strong allowing the current roster to hit .289 with an OPS of .862 in 166 at bats. Anibal Sanchez has not been on top of his game in recent starts recording one Q start in his last four outings. His numbers at home are exceptionally poor with a 2-4 record and 6.54 ERA. The Cubs bats didn’t come up limp against the strong pitching of the Nationals scoring and the Tigers’ finally put some runs on the board scoring 13 in their last two. The total is a reasonable 8 runs on this game and with the likelihood of both teams scoring a handful here makes this a top play for us.

Take the OVER 8 -110‏