The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals play on Saturday at 2:20 p.m. ET, at Wrigley Field. Matthew Boyd (8-1, 3.50 ERA) will start for the Cubs, who are 72-51 this season and second in the NL Central. Michael McGreevy (4-9, 3.64 ERA) is expected to start for the Cardinals, who are 61-61 and third in the NL Central.
How to watch St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs
Cardinals vs. Cubs odds
- Favorite Moneyline: Cubs -182
- Underdog Moneyline: Cardinals +150
- Total: 9.5
- Total Over Odds: +100
- Total Under Odds: -120
Injury reports
Cubs
Matt Shaw: 10 Day IL (Hand), Daniel Palencia: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Hoby Milner: 15 Day IL (Appendicitis), Gavin Hollowell: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Phil Maton: 15 Day IL (Knee), Edward Cabrera: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Riley Martin: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Porter Hodge: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Justin Steele: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Shelby Miller: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Hunter Harvey: 60 Day IL (Tricep), Cade Horton: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Christopher Austin: 60 Day IL (Knee), Ben Brown: 60 Day IL (Neck)
Cardinals
Ramón Urías: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Max Rajcic: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Stats to know
- Chicago’s Pete Crow-Armstrong is slashing .279/.378/.534 this season with 27 home runs (9th in MLB), 73 RBIs (17th in MLB) and an OPS of .912 (7th in MLB). He has a 27.1% strikeout rate and an 11.9% walk rate in 546 plate appearances, and he has scored 86 total runs. Crow-Armstrong has recorded 30 steals on 37 attempts.
- In 549 plate appearances, Alex Bregman has hit 16 long balls, tallied 61 RBIs and scored 69 runs. He is batting .253/.344/.406 and has posted a 15.8% strikeout rate and an 11.1% walk rate.
- Alec Burleson is hitting for a .285 BA, .352 OBP and .478 SLG with a 16.4% strikeout rate and an 8.6% walk rate. His OPS is .830 and he has scored 65 runs. In 512 plate appearances, he has hit 19 home runs and driven in 84 runs (4th in MLB).
- In 503 plate appearances, Jordan Walker has slashed .282/.342/.486 this season. He has hit 23 long balls and driven in 84 runs (4th in MLB) with a strikeout rate of 24.5% and a walk rate of 8%. He has stolen 16 bases on 21 attempts and has scored 72 runs.
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