Cubs and Cardinals Chasing Brewers in NL Central
The Route 66 Rivalry resumes this Sunday. The Chicago Cubs visit the St. Louis Cardinals in the finale of a three-game set at Busch Stadium. ESPN has the coverage beginning at 8 PM ET. Southpaw Jose Quintana (4.09 ERA) is taking the mound for the Cubs. Rookie right-hander Jack Flaherty is on the hill for the Cardinals (2.96 ERA). Oddsmakers have the Cubs as -115 moneyline favorites. The total is sitting at 8.5. Bet on baseball at Bovada and get a free 50% bonus. It’s been a good start to the 2018 campaign for both teams. The Cubs (40-27, +1.44 betting units) and the Cardinals (36-32, minus-4.20 betting units) have been playing well as of late. They find themselves trailing the Milwaukee Brewers for first place in the National League Central. The Cubs are 0.5 games back and the Cards are 5 games out. The Cubs have the best hitting in baseball thus far. Their pitching has been substandard for a team of their caliber. St. Louis is less polarized as they have decent results on both sides of the equation. Quintana has definitely gotten by with a little help from his friends. The North Siders are 9-4 in his 13 starts for 1.97 units in profit. Thos numbers are inflated because they’ve given him 6.31 runs of support per game. The Cards, on the other hand, are 4-4 behind Flaherty for a loss of 1.20 units. They are providing just 4.25 runs per game and driving the Under to a 5-2-1 record.Chicago Cubs MLB Betting Trends
St. Louis Cardinals MLB Betting Trends
| Cardinals | Home | Cardinals are 91-43 in their last 134 games as a favorite of -151 to -200. | 67.90% (134) | | | 0 | 91|43 |
| Cardinals | Home | Cardinals are 44-15 in their last 59 games as a favorite of -201 or greater. | 74.60% (59) | | | 0 | 44|15 |
| St. Louis | Home | Cardinals are 42-15 in their last 57 games as a home favorite of -201 or greater. | 73.70% (57) | | | 0 | 42|15 |
| St. Louis | Home | Under is 20-8-1 in Cardinals last 29 games with the total set at 7.0-8.5. | 71.40% (29) | 8|20 | 1 | | |
| Cardinals | Home | Under is 14-6-1 in Cardinals last 21 home games with the total set at 7.0-8.5. | 70.00% (21) | 6|14 | 1 | | |
| Cardinals | Home | Over is 13-6 in Cardinals last 19 games with the total set at 6.5 or lower. | 68.40% (19) | 13|6 | 0 | | |
| St. Louis | Home | Cardinals are 14-4 in their last 18 home games with the total set at 9.0-10.5. | 77.80% (18) | | | 0 | 14|4 |
| St. Louis | Home | Cardinals are 3-9 in their last 12 games with the total set at 6.5 or lower. | 25.00% (12) | | | 0 | 3|9 |