Monday, September 25, 2017

Cubs go to St. Louis for a Four Game Set

St. Louis Cardinals

Cubs Can Clinch NL Central Winning Two Against St. Louis


The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals are set to open a four game series on Monday when they meet at New Busch Stadium. The Cubs are on the verge of taking the first step toward defending their World Series championship, winning a division title.

Oddsmakers opened the Cardinals as -123-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game's total opened at 8.5. The line now shows St. Louis as a -143-moneyline favorite. The total has dropped to 8.

The Cubs magic number is two. This is surprising considering this: The Cubs were 43-45 and 5 1/2 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers at the All-Star break. They have been red-hot adn  are 44-23 since the break. They have been in sole possession of first place since beating the Arizona Diamondbacks on Aug. 13.

Jon Lester will be the starting pitcher for the Cubs on this day. Left hander Lester is 11-8 this season with a 4.56 ERA.

The Cubs are 10-2 in their past 12 games. Three of those wins occurred at Wrigley Field against St. Louis.

St. Louis On Verge of Missing Postseason


It'll be Luke Weaver toeing the rubber for the Cardinals in this contest. The Right handed Weaver is 7-1 with a 2.05 ERA so far this season.

St. Louis is on the verge of being eliminated from the division race. They still alive in the wild-card chase. The Cardinals are 2 1/2 games behind the Colorado Rockies (84-72) for the second NL wild card.

The Cardinals rebounded from getting swept by winning four consecutive games. They were outscored 15-7 in losing the final two games of their three-game series at Pittsburgh this weekend.
 The Cardinals also need some better production at the plate. Matt Carpenter homered Sunday, but the offense went 3-for-15 with runners in scoring position in the two losses to Pittsburgh.

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Recent Form































Teamrecordmoneyvs LHPvs RHPFaveDogO/UDiff
Chi Cubs87-68-$1,025.0021-1466-5479-588-1070-76-90.69
St. Louis81-74-$658.0019-1562-5964-4217-3178-69-80.48




Pitchers Last 3 Starts


J Lester (11-8) ERA: 4.56































event dateOpponentResultscoreOU Resultipmoney
Sep 20, 2017TBL1-8O4.1-$100.00
Sep 13, 2017NYMW17-5O6$34.00
Sep 7, 2017PITW8-2O6$75.00



Luke Weaver (7-1) ERA: 2.05































event dateOpponentResultscoreOU Resultipmoney
Sep 20, 2017CINW9-2O5$55.00
Sep 14, 2017CINW5-2U6$48.00
Sep 8, 2017PITW4-1U5.2$56.00



Bullpen



Chi Cubs's relievers have pitched 9.1 innings in the last 3 games.
St. Louis's relievers have pitched 16.1 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent


Chicago Cubs - J Lester
































































DatescoreWinneriphitsRunsEarned RunswalksstrikeoutsDecision
Jul 22, 20173-2CHC8322010Win
Jun 3, 20175-3CHC663334No Decision
May 13, 20175-3STL5.264349Loss
Apr 2, 20174-3STL571127No Decision
Sep 25, 20163-1CHC6.230017Win



St. Louis Cardinals - Luke Weaver
























DatescoreWinneriphitsRunsEarned RunswalksstrikeoutsDecision
Aug 13, 20168-4STL442233No Decision



Supergrid


























TitleStatRankStatRank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense5.0564.287
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense4.70113.923
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense4.76114.369
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense4.54184.087

Head To Head Detail



















































































































































































DateAwayaway scoreHomehome scorelineO/UAway PitcherHome PitcherAway HitsHome HitsAway WalksHome WalksAway StrikeoutsHome Strikeouts
Sep 17, 2017STL3CHC4-1708.5ULance Lynn (R)Jose Quintana (L)101145118
Sep 16, 2017STL1CHC4-1499.5UMichael Wacha (R)Kyle Hendricks (R)61016810
Sep 15, 2017STL2CHC8-1189OCarlos Martinez (R)John Lackey (R)7833910
Jul 23, 2017STL3CHC5-1538PMichael Wacha (R)Jose Quintana (L)7640109
Jul 22, 2017STL2CHC3-1488.5UAdam Wainwright (R)Jon Lester (L)3621123
Jul 21, 2017STL11CHC4-1348OCarlos Martinez (R)Jake Arrieta (R)11128196
Jun 4, 2017STL6CHC7-1658.5OMichael Wacha (R)Kyle Hendricks (R)6956109
Jun 3, 2017STL3CHC5-1469UMike Leake (R)Jon Lester (L)664185
Jun 2, 2017STL2CHC3-1759ULance Lynn (R)John Lackey (R)455598
May 14, 2017CHC0STL51078.5UJake Arrieta (R)Adam Wainwright (R)4124178



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Team Vs Division Or Conference


Chicago Cubs


























































recordHomeAwayFaveDogO/Uvs LHPvs RHP
Overall87-6846-3241-3679-568-1270-76-921-1466-54
Last 108-24-04-27-21-03-70-28-0
vs Div41-2820-1421-1438-263-233-34-24-337-25
vs AL12-85-57-310-62-211-7-24-48-4
vs NL75-6041-2734-3369-506-1059-69-717-1058-50



St. Louis Cardinals


























































recordHomeAwayFaveDogO/Uvs LHPvs RHP
Overall81-7442-3239-4264-4023-3277-69-819-1562-59
Last 105-51-04-55-10-45-51-14-4
vs Div32-3717-1415-2324-2210-1331-33-46-526-32
vs AL8-125-53-78-40-816-42-46-8
vs NL73-6237-2736-3556-3623-2461-65-817-1156-51



Team Last 5 Games


Chicago Cubs
































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalstarteripopposing starterLocation
Sep 24, 2017MIL5-0W-1299J Quintana9C AndersonA
Sep 23, 2017MIL3-4L-1319K Hendricks6Brent SuterA
Sep 22, 2017MIL5-4W-1149.5J Lackey4Brandon WoodruffA
Sep 21, 2017MIL5-3W-1359J Arrieta5Zach DaviesA
Sep 20, 2017TB1-8L-1178J Lester4.1Blake SnellA



St. Louis Cardinals
































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalstarteripopposing starterLocation
Sep 24, 2017PIT1-4L-1169John Gant3Jameson TaillonA
Sep 23, 2017PIT6-11L1158L Lynn0.2G ColeA
Sep 22, 2017PIT4-3W-1498.5M Wacha5I NovaA
Sep 21, 2017CIN8-5W-2139C Martinez6.1H BaileyA
Sep 20, 2017CIN9-2W-1839.5Luke Weaver5Rookie DavisA




Weather in
Saint Louis - United States


Weather is Fair  58°F


Fair
Humidity is 84%
Wind is ENE 7 mph
Visibility is 5 miles mi
Pressure is 30.15 inHg



Forecast for Saint Louis


 

Next up:
Chicago at St. Louis Tuesday, September 26

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