Cardinals Vs Cubs: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – August 4, 2022

The St. Louis Cardinals (56-48) will try to prolong their three-game winning streak when they take on the Chicago Cubs (41-62) at Busch Stadium on Thursday at 7:45 PM ET. St. Louis’ (-183 to win) Jose Quintana and Chicago’s (+155) Sean Newcomb will take the mound first.

The insights in this article reference odds valid as of August 4, 2022 at 7:31 PM ET.

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Cardinals vs Cubs Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Cardinals Probable Starter José Quintana

• Quintana gets the start for the Cardinals, his 21st of the season. He is 3-5 with a 3.32 ERA and 89 strikeouts in 103 innings pitched.
• The lefty last appeared for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday, when he threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings against the Philadelphia Phillies while giving up four hits.
• The 33-year-old has an ERA of 3.32, with 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings, in 20 games this season. Opponents are hitting .248 against him.
• Quintana is looking to record his sixth quality start of the season in this outing.
• The opposing Cubs offense has a collective .244 batting average, and is 16th in the league with 852 total hits and 22nd in MLB play with 431 runs scored. It has the 14th-ranked slugging percentage (.392) and ranks 19th in home runs (101) in all of MLB.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of August 4, 2022 at 7:31 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Cubs Stats vs Quintana

Cubs Probable Starter Sean Newcomb

• The Cubs will send out Newcomb for his first start of the season.
• The left-hander is making his first start of the year. The 29-year-old did not make an appearance on the mound last season.
• The Cardinals are batting .252 this season, seventh in MLB. They have a team slugging percentage of .410 (ninth in the league) with 118 home runs.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of August 4, 2022 at 7:31 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Cardinals Stats vs Newcomb

Cardinals Betting Trends

• The Cardinals have compiled a 35-19 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 64.8% of those games).
• St. Louis is 6-4 (winning 60% of its games) when playing as a moneyline favorite of -183 or shorter.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Cardinals have an implied win probability of 64.7%.
• St. Louis has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 104 times, and has combined with opponents to go over the total in 47 of those games (47-53-4).
• The Cardinals have a 55-49-0 record against the spread this season (covering 52.9% of the time).

Cubs Betting Trends

• The Cubs have been underdogs in 74 games this season and won 29 (39.2%) of those contests.
• Chicago has a record of 4-13, a 23.5% win rate, when they’re set as an underdog of +155 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Cubs have a 39.2% chance to win.
• So far this season, Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 43 of their 103 games with a total.
• The Cubs are 53-50-0 ATS in their 103 games with a spread this season.

Cardinals Players to Watch

• Paul Goldschmidt has racked up 123 hits with a .410 on-base percentage and a .616 slugging percentage, all club-bests for the Cardinals. He is batting .331 with 28 doubles, 26 home runs and 49 walks.
• Among qualifying hitters in MLB, Goldschmidt’s batting average ranks first, his on-base percentage ranks first, and he is third in the league in slugging.
• Goldschmidt has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .250 with two home runs, a walk and five RBI.
• Nolan Arenado is hitting .293 with 25 doubles, a triple, 20 home runs and 36 walks.
• Among qualifying batters, Arenado ranks 27th in batting average, 28th in on-base percentage, and 10th in slugging.
• Arenado has hit safely in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .235 with a double, two home runs, three walks and two RBI.
• Tommy Edman is batting .254 with 17 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 36 walks.
• Dylan Carlson is batting .247 with 22 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 25 walks.

Cardinals Batting Stats (2022)

Cubs Players to Watch

• Willson Contreras has 83 hits and an OBP of .370, both of which are tops among Chicago hitters this season.
• Among all qualified hitters in the majors, Contreras’ batting average is 74th, his on-base percentage is 16th, and he is 33rd in slugging.
• Ian Happ has an OPS of .779, fueled by an OBP of .353 and a team-best slugging percentage of .426 this season.
• Happ is currently 45th in batting average, 35th in on-base percentage and 75th in slugging percentage among all qualified players.
• Nico Hoerner has collected 93 base hits, an OBP of .339 and a slugging percentage of .417 this season.
• Patrick Wisdom has been key for Chicago with 78 hits, an OBP of .314 plus a slugging percentage of .447.

Cubs Batting Stats (2022)

Cardinals vs Cubs Player Props

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