St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 46-37 Chicago Cubs play host to the 54-30 St. Louis Cardinals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Wrigley Field, July 8, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:05PM EST.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Cardinals +103/Cubs -113
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Michael Wacha (R) W/L 10-3 WHIP 1.09 ERA 2.66
Jason Hammel (R) W/L 5-4 WHIP 0.95 ERA 2.89

Chicago swept a double-header from St. Louis yesterday, 7-4 and 5-3. They are now 4-2 on their homestand and 7-2 in their last 9 games. The Cardinals are 1-2 on their road trip and 3-6 in their last 9 games.

These teams have played each other a lot this season and St. Louis has a 7-3 advantage in the last 10 contests.

Wacha received a no decision in his last start, a 2-1 loss to San Diego. He pitched 7 innings, yielded 1 run and struck out 6 for his 11th Q start of the year.

Hammel was a 2-1 loser to Miami in his last outing. He gave up both runs over 7 innings and has 10 Q starts in 2015. He is winless in his last 5 starts.

For the Cardinals, SS Jhonny Peralta is 9-22 (.409) with 2 HRs, 8 RBIs and a SB against Hammel while OF Jason Heyward is 9-16 (.563) with an RBI. C Yadier Molina has also had some success against the veteran right-hander and is 5-11 (.455) with a pair of RBIs.

SS Starlin Castro is 7-14 (.500) against Wacha with a HR and 2 RBIs while 1B Anthony Rizzo is 5-14 (.357) with a HR and 2 RBIs. The trio of C Miguel Montero, 3B Kris Bryant and IF Addison Russell have struggled against the right-hander and are a combined 1-15 (.067) against him.

St. Louis at Chicago Betting Trends

St. Louis is 3-6 straight up in their last 9 games.
The Cardinals are 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games against the Cubs.
The game total has gone under in 5 of St. Louis’s last 7 games on the road at Chicago.
The Cubs are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
Chicago is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 home games.

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
Kolten Wong 2B Day-to-Day (head)

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: 67%
Chicago: 33%

Free MLB Pick

Tonight’s starters took on their opponent less than two weeks ago with Cards’ starter Michael Wacha going 6 strong innings allowing just one run on six hits and the Cubs’ Jason Hammel completing just four innings allowing four runs on six hits. The home team has been the trend in this series with eight wins in the last ten games, but we’ll back St. Louis with the on paper superior starter in this spot.

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