The St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs meet Friday in MLB action from Wrigley Field. Here’s a Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction. This will be the second installment in a four-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game.
St. Louis Cardinals Betting Preview
The Cardinals played the Texas Rangers this week. St. Louis lost Monday’s matchup 6-3 but then came back for wins 8-1 and 10-1 to take the series. On Thursday in the opener versus the Cubs, the Cardinals coughed up three runs in the ninth for a rough 5-4 loss. Sonny Gray finished with 7.0 innings and two earned runs in the start.
It’ll be Erick Fedde in the starter role for the Cardinals on Friday. This year so far Fedde is 7-4 with a 3.11 ERA in 21 starts. Fedde is 28-37 with a 4.92 ERA in 123 career games (109 starts).
Chicago Cubs Betting Preview
Over on the Cubs’ side, they played the Cincinnati Reds in their last series. Chicago lost the first pair 7-1 and 6-3 but stopped the sweep with a 13-4 blowout victory on Wednesday. In Thursday’s game the Cubs got a walk-off double from Mike Tauchman. Starter Shota Imanaga gave up four earned on 10 hits in 6.2 frames.
Javier Assad will take the ball for the start on Friday. Across 19 starts Assad is 5-3 with a 3.23 ERA. Over 60 career games (37 starts) Assad is 12-8 with a 3.13 ERA.
Cardinals vs Cubs Pick Injury Notes
Cubs 3B Benjamin Cowles will likely miss the rest of the season after getting hit on the wrist by a pitch.
Chicago Cubs Player Prop Facts
- Cody Bellinger has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 16 appearances in day games against NL Central teams that held a winning record.
- Ian Happ has hit a home run in each of the Cubs’ last three games as underdogs against NL Central opponents.
- Nico Hoerner has recorded a Double in four of the Cubs’ last five day games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Cody Bellinger has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last six appearances against NL opponents.
- Cody Bellinger has recorded at least one Single in each of his last seven appearances with the Cubs as underdogs.
- Cody Bellinger has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 16 appearances in day games against NL Central teams that held a winning record.
- Seiya Suzuki has scored at least one run in eight of his last nine appearances in day games against NL Central teams that held a winning record.
St. Louis Cardinals Player Prop Facts
- Masyn Winn has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 11 appearances with the Cardinals as road favorites.
- Paul Goldschmidt has scored at least one run in each of the Cardinals’ last five games.
- Brendan Donovan has recorded a Single in each of his 10 previous appearances with the Cardinals as road favorites against the Cubs.
- Masyn Winn has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 11 appearances with the Cardinals as road favorites.
- Paul Goldschmidt has hit a home run in three of the Cardinals’ last four games against NL opponents.
- Brandon Crawford has recorded a Double in three of his last four road appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Erick Fedde has recorded seven or more strikeouts in each of his three previous appearances against the Cubs.
- Alec Burleson has recorded at least one RBI in seven of his last eight appearances against NL Central opponents that held a losing record.
Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction
I’ll take a stab on the Cardinals. This one’s going to depend on how the starters do, though. Fedde has five earned runs in 15.1 innings over his last three starts combined. He’s 1-1 in that time. As for Assad, he’s given up six earned over his last three appearances in 11.1 innings.
On Thursday the Cardinals had the game in hand until a nightmare outing from Ryan Helsley (0.2 innings; four hits; three earned). The good news is that the offense was solid; five different players had multiple hits. St. Louis only used two arms out of the bullpen as well. I like the Cardinals to bounce back Friday. Should be another good matchup.