The Chicago Cubs will play the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1 of their series at Busch Stadium on Friday night.
The Chicago Cubs are 56-75 this season and have lost four of their last five games. Chicago is coming off of a series loss against Toronto, where they lost two out of the three games played. The Chicago pitching staff has a 4.28 ERA, a 1.34 WHIP, and a .250 opponent batting average this season. The Cubs offense has scored 543 runs with a .241 batting average and a .312 on base percentage. Ian Happ is batting .278 with 15 home runs and 63 RBI’s for the Cubs this season. The projected starter for Chicago is Adrian Sampson, who is 1-4 with a 3.97 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP over 65.2 innings pitched this season.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 76-55 this season and have won four of their last five games. St. Louis is coming off of a series win against Cincinnati, where they won two out of the three games played in the series. The St. Louis pitching staff has a 3.81 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and a .244 opponent batting average. The Cardinals offense has scored 644 runs with a .258 batting average and a .330 on base percentage this year. Paul Goldschmidt is batting .332 with 33 home runs and 105 RBI’s for the Cardinals this season. The projected starter for St. Louis is Jordan Montgomery, who is 7-3 with a 3.28 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP over 145.1 innings pitched this season.
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