St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 44-36 Chicago Cubs play host to the 53-28 St. Louis Cardinals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Wrigley Field, July 6, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:05PM EST.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Cardinals +122/ Cubs -132
O/U Total: N/A

Pitching Matchup
John Lackey (R) W/L 6-5 WHIP 1.24 ERA 3.30
Jon Lester (L) W/L 4-6 WHIP 1.33 ERA 3.74

St. Louis defeated San Diego 3-1 on Sunday to conclude their homestand with a 5-4 record. They are 6-4 in their last 10 games. Chicago shutout Miami 2-0 yesterday and is now 2-1 on their homestand. They are 5-1 in their past 6 games.

The Cardinals have dominated the season series and have a 7-2 advantage over their NL central rival.

Lackey was a 7-1 loser to the White Sox in his last start. He went 7 innings and surrendered only 2 runs for his 11th Q start of the year. It was also his 10th start where he has allowed 2 runs or less.

Lester received his 6th no decision of the year in his last outing, a 2-0 win at the Mets. He threw 7 innings and had 7 strike outs for his 10th Q start of the season.

St. Louis OF Jason Heyward is 8-15 (.533) with a solo HR and a stolen base vs. Lester while SS Jhonny Peralta is 8-31 (.258) with 3 HRs and 5 RBIs. OF Peter Bourjos is 3-10 (.300) with a stolen base vs. the left-hander while 3B Matt Carpenter is 2-6 (.333) with an RBI. C Yadier Molina is 2-7 (.286) against Lester with a pair of RBIs.

Several Cubs hitters have had success against Lackey in the past. OF Chris Coghlan is 8-14 (.571) with 2 RBIs while C Miguel Montero is 4-12 (.333) with 2 RBIs. SS Starlin Castro is 3-9 (.333) with an RBI against the veteran right-hander while youngsters SS Addison Russell and OF Jorge Soler are both 2-5 (.400). The trio of 1B Anthony Rizzo, 3B Kris Bryant and OF Chris Denorfia haven’t fared as well as some of their teammates and are a combined 1-18 (.056) against Lackey. No one has homered or stolen a base off of him.

St. Louis at Chicago Betting Trends

St. Louis are 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games.
The Cardinals are 15-7 straight up in their last 22 games.
The game total has gone under in 5 of St. Louis’s last 7 games.
The Cubs are 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games.
Chicago is 1-6 straight up in their last 7 games against St. Louis.

Injury Report

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Matt Adams 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Matt Belisle P 15-Day Disabled List
Jaime Garcia P 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Holliday OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jon Jay OF 15-Day Disabled List
Adam Wainwright P 60-Day Disabled List
Jordan Walden P 60-Day Disabled List

CHICAGO CUBS
Tommy La Stella 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Mike Olt 3B 60-Day Disabled List
David Ross C 7-Day Disabled List
Zac Rosscup P 15-Day Disabled List
Jacob Turner P 60-Day Disabled List
Tsuyoshi Wada P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
St. Louis: 58%
Chicago: 42%

Free MLB Pick

These two teams have been struggling to put runs on the board as of late, but the pitching in this spot suggest that a play on the over may be the best bet on this game. Cardinals’ starter John Lackey has been awful on the road with a 1-3 record and 5.40 ERA and has mediocre numbers against the Cubs’ batters. St. Louis hasn’t been hitting lefties this season, but they have hit Lester with a lifetime .319 batting average.

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