St Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 85-61 Chicago Cubs play host to the 92-54 St. Louis Cardinals today in MLB action on the grass of Wrigley Field, Sept 18, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 2:20PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Cardinals +100/Cubs -110
Run Line: N/A
Pitching Matchup
Lance Lynn (R) W/L 11-10 WHIP 1.36 ERA 3.17
Dan Haren (R) W/L 9-9 WHIP 1.19 ERA 3.87
St. Louis defeated Milwaukee 6-3 yesterday to complete a 3-game sweep. They are 4-3 on their road trip and 5-3 in their last 8 games. The Cardinals are 42-30 away from home in 2015. Chicago was a 9-6 winner at Pittsburgh on Thursday. They finished their road trip 7-4 and are 10-4 in their past 14 games. The Cubs are 43-28 at home this season.
St. Louis has a 6-4 lead in the last 10 encounters in 2015 between these NL Central rivals.
Lynn was a 5-1 loser at Cincinnati in his last start. He went 6 innings and allowed 3 runs for his 18th Q start of the year.
Haren received his 11th no decision of the year in his last outing, a 7-4 loss at Philadelphia. He yielded all 4 runs in 3 innings and has 15 Q starts on the season.
Cards 2B Kolten Wong is 4-6 (.667) against Haren with an RBI while OF Matt Holliday is 8-26 (.308) with 3 HRs, 6 RBIs and a stolen base. 1B-OF Brandon Moss is 3-10 (.300) vs. the veteran right-hander with a HR and 3 RBIs while C Yadier Molina is 6-16 (.375) with an RBI. St. Louis is hitting .295 as a team against Haren.
Cubs OF Dexter Fowler is 5-12 (.417) against Lynn with a HR and 3 RBIs while 1B Anthony Rizzo is 8-27 (.296) with 2 HRs and 7 HRs. SS Starlin Castro is 13-37 (.351) vs. the right-hander with 5 RBIs while OF Austin Jackson is 1-3 (.333) with 2 RBIs. Chicago is hitting .306 as a team against Lynn.
St. Louis at Chicago Betting Trends
St. Louis is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games overall.
The Cardinals are 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games against Chicago.
The game total has gone over in 5 of St. Louis’s 6 games against Chicago.
The Cubs are 10-4 straight up in their last 14 games overall.
Chicago is 9-2 straight up in their last 11 home games.
Injury Report
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Adam Wainwright P 60-Day Disabled List
Jordan Walden P 60-Day Disabled List
CHICAGO CUBS
Jason Motte P 15-Day Disabled List
Jacob Turner P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
St. Louis: 50%
Chicago: 50%
Free MLB Prediction
These two starters met up just 11 days ago in St. Louis and it was ugly for Cardinals starter Lance lynn who got blown up for six runs in 2 1/3 innings. That game was the second poor outing against the Cubs for Lynn who gave up five runs in six innings back in Early May. Chicago starter Dan Haren was masterful in his start shutting out St. Louis over seven innings in the 9-0 blowout. The Cubs are 10-4 in Haren’s home starts this season and we so no reason why it couldn’t be 11-4 after this game.
Take the Chicago Cubs -110 @ INTERTOPS – FUNDING YOUR NEW ACCOUNT COULDN’T BE EASIER!
