The St. Louis Cardinals (56-52) will visit the Chicago Cubs (51-58), Thursday at 8:05 PM ET, in a battle of NL Central rivals.
The Cubs are favored (-114) in an expected evenly matched game against the Cardinals (-105). The Cubs will start Shota Imanaga (8-2) versus the Cardinals and Sonny Gray (10-6).
The Cubs lost their most recent game against the Reds by a 6-3 score Thursday. Cody Bellinger went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI to lead them offensively. Justin Steele picked up the loss after throwing five innings, giving up five earned runs on six hits while striking out seven.