Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 42-47 Atlanta Braves play host to the 47-40 Chicago Cubs tonight in MLB action on the grass of Turner Field, July 17, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:35PM ET.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Cubs -127/Braves +117
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup
Kyle Hendricks (R) W/L 4-4 WHIP 1.12 ERA 3.55
Julio Teheran (R) W/L 6-4 WHIP 1.36 ERA 4.56

Chicago comes off of a 5-5 homestand and they are 8-5 in their last 13 games. Atlanta is coming off a 2-5 road trip and is 2-6 in their last 8 games.

This is the first matchup of the season between these two clubs. The Braves won the series 5-1 last year and have a commanding 8-2 lead in the last 10 encounters between these two clubs.

Hendricks received his 9th no decision of the season in his last start, a 1-0 loss to the White Sox. He hurled 7 innings of shutout ball and hasn’t allowed a run in his last 3 starts (20.1 innings). However, he has only 5 Q starts on the season.

Teheran picked up his 8th no decision in his last outing, a 6-5 loss at Milwaukee. He went 7 innings, allowed 3 runs and struck out 8 for his 9th Q start of the year.

Only 6 Chicago hitters have faced Teheran before. OF Chris Coghlan is 2-6 (.333) with a HR and 2 RBIs while OF Dexter Fowler is 2-4 (.500) with a stolen base. The quartet of C Miguel Montero, 1B Anthony Rizzo, SS Starlin Castro and IF Jonathan Herrera is a combined 3-33 (.091) off of the right-hander with a HR and 2 RBIs between them.

Only two Atlanta hitters have seen Hendricks before. C A.J. Pierzynski is 1-2 (.500) while OF Nick Markakis is 0-2.

Chicago at Atlanta Betting Trends

The Cubs are 1-6 straight up in their last 7 games against Atlanta.
Chicago is 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Chicago’s last 6 road games against Atlanta.
The Braves are 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games.
Atlanta is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 home games.

Injury Report

CHICAGO CUBS
Tommy La Stella 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Zac Rosscup P 15-Day Disabled List
Jacob Turner P 60-Day Disabled List
Tsuyoshi Wada P 15-Day Disabled List

ATLANTA BRAVES
Brandon Cunniff P 15-Day Disabled List
Freddie Freeman 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Mike Minor P 60-Day Disabled List
Josh Outman P 60-Day Disabled List
William Perez P 15-Day Disabled List
Shae Simmons P 60-Day Disabled List
Daniel Winkler P 15-Day Disabled List
Chris Withrow P 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Betting (ATS)
Chicago: 54%
Atlanta: 46%

Free MLB Pick

Both teams come into this series on a downward trend with the Cubs losers of three of their last four and the Braves losers of five straight. Starting for Chicago is Kyle Hendricks who has been ultra-sharp in his last three pitching a combined 20 1/3 scoreless innings, but he hasn’t been at his best on the road with a 3-2 record and 4.24 ERA. For Atlanta Julio Teheran has been very good at home with a 5-0 record and 75% Q start rate with a miniscule 2.04 earned run average. He has owned the Cubs’ batters he has faced which is enough to get us on the side of the home team here.

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