7:05 pm
June 13

Cardinals @ Cubs

Who will WIN this matchup?

St. Louis Cardinals (32-32)

@ Chicago Cubs (37-27)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Martinez (STL): 3-6; 6.21 ERA

Davies (CHC) 3-3; 4.45 ERA

 

Current odds:

St. Louis Cardinals: (+112)

Chicago Cubs: (-134)

 

The streaking Chicago Cubs bid to complete a three-game sweep on Sunday night when they host the reeling St. Louis Cardinals. The Cubs posted an 8-5 win over the Cardinals on Friday and a 7-2 victory the following day to improve to 23-10 at Wrigley Field. Chicago has won five of its last six games to remain tied with the Milwaukee Brewers atop the National League Central.

Zach Davies (3-3, 4.45 ERA) will start for the Cubs in the series finale. In his previous outing, Davies blanked the San Diego Padres on one hit through six innings in a 7-1 victory. Davies threw five shutout innings against the Cardinals on May 23 in a game the Cubs won 2-1 in 10 innings. He is 2-3 with a 4.19 ERA in 11 career starts against them. Matt Carpenter (12-for-25, five walks, four doubles, three homers), Nolan Arenado (6-for-19, three walks, three doubles, homer) and Paul Goldschmidt (4-for-12, two RBIs) have hit well against him.

Cardinals starting pitcher Carlos Martinez (3-6, 6.21) will try to get his season back on track after allowing 15 runs in 4 2/3 innings over his last two starts. Back on May 3, Martinez threw eight scoreless innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Since then, Martinez has failed to pitch deeper than the sixth inning in any start. His ERA in his last five starts is 9.97 ERA. But earlier this season he met the quality start metric five times by allowing three or fewer runs in six or more innings.

He is 4-5 with a 4.60 ERA in 37 career appearances (17 starts) against the Cubs. Martinez has had career success against Kris Bryant (7-for-36, 16 strikeouts) and Javier Baez (4-for-29, seven strikeouts). On the other hand, Willson Contreras (7-for-21, homer, five RBIs) and Ian Happ (6-for-18, two homers, four RBIs) have hit well against him.

6/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
Chicago Cubs