Cardinals Vs Cubs: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – August 3, 2022

The Chicago Cubs (41-61) carry a three-game losing streak into a home matchup against the St. Louis Cardinals (55-48) on Wednesday at 7:45 PM ET. St. Louis’ (-185 to win) Miles Mikolas and Chicago’s (+156) Justin Steele pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

The betting facts in what follows reference odds valid as of August 3, 2022 at 7:37 PM ET.

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Cardinals vs Cubs Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Cardinals Probable Starter Miles Mikolas

• Mikolas gets the start for the Cardinals, his 22nd of the season. He is 8-8 with a 2.86 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 132 1/3 innings pitched.
• In his most recent time out on Friday against the Washington Nationals, the right-hander went 7 2/3 innings, allowing two earned runs while surrendering six hits.
• The 33-year-old has an ERA of 2.86, with 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings, in 21 games this season. Opponents are batting .214 against him.
• Mikolas is looking to pick up his 15th quality start of the year.
• He will match up with a Cubs team that is hitting .244 as a unit (14th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .392 (15th in MLB) with 100 total home runs (19th in MLB).
• Among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season, the 33-year-old’s 2.86 ERA ranks 16th, .990 WHIP ranks ninth, and 6.8 K/9 ranks 55th.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of August 3, 2022 at 7:37 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Cubs Stats vs Mikolas

Cubs Probable Starter Justin Steele

• Steele (4-7) will take to the mound for the Cubs and make his 19th start of the season.
• The left-hander’s last start was on Friday, when he tossed 3 2/3 innings while giving up no earned runs on five hits in a matchup with the San Francisco Giants.
• The 27-year-old has an ERA of 3.86, a 2.071 strikeout to walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.429 in 19 games this season.
• In 18 starts this season, he’s earned a quality start in four of them.
• The Cardinals rank seventh in MLB with a .252 batting average this season. They have a team slugging percentage that ranks ninth in the league (.410) and 116 home runs.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of August 3, 2022 at 7:37 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Cardinals Stats vs Steele

Cardinals Betting Trends

• The Cardinals have been the moneyline favorite 53 total times this season. They’ve gone 34-19 in those games.
• In games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -185 or shorter, St. Louis has gone 6-4 (60%).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Cardinals have an implied win probability of 64.9%.
• In the 103 games oddsmakers have set an over/under for St. Louis, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 47 times (47-52-4).
• The Cardinals have a 55-48-0 record against the spread this season (covering 53.4% of the time).

Cubs Betting Trends

• This season, the Cubs have been the underdog 73 times and won 29, or 39.7%, of those games.
• This season, Chicago has won four of its 17 games, or 23.5%, when they’re the underdog by at least +156 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 39.1% chance of a victory for the Cubs.
• Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 43 of their 102 games with a total this season.
• The Cubs are 52-50-0 ATS in their 102 games with a spread this season.

Cardinals Players to Watch

• Paul Goldschmidt has put up an on-base percentage of .412, a slugging percentage of .611, and has 122 hits, all club-highs for the Cardinals. He’s hitting .332 with 28 doubles, 25 home runs and 49 walks.
• Among qualified hitters in baseball, Goldschmidt ranks first in batting average, first in on-base percentage, and third in slugging.
• Nolan Arenado has 24 doubles, a triple, 20 home runs and 35 walks while batting .292.
• Arenado currently ranks 29th in batting average, 29th in on base percentage, and 12th in slugging among qualifying hitters.
• Tommy Edman is hitting .255 with 17 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 36 walks.
• Dylan Carlson is hitting .250 with 22 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 25 walks.

Cardinals Batting Stats (2022)

Cubs Players to Watch

• Ian Happ leads Chicago with a slugging percentage of .431, fueled by 36 extra-base hits.
• Among all the qualified hitters in MLB, Happ’s batting average ranks 41st, his on-base percentage ranks 32nd, and he is 66th in slugging.
• Willson Contreras leads Chicago with 81 hits and an OBP of .369 this season.
• Among all qualifying hittersplayers, Contreras ranks 79th in batting average, 19th in on-base percentage and 46th in slugging percentage.
• Nico Hoerner has 91 hits this season and has a slash line of .294/.337/.416.
• Patrick Wisdom is batting .224 with a .317 OBP and 50 RBI for Chicago this season.

Cubs Batting Stats (2022)

Cardinals vs Cubs Player Props

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