The St. Louis Cardinals (57-54) take on the Chicago Cubs (54-59) on Sunday Night Baseball in the finale of a 4-game set at Wrigley Field at 7:10 p.m. ET (ESPN). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Cardinals vs. Cubs odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Cardinals lead 7-5
The Cardinals rallied and were essentially gifted a 5-4 win Saturday when 3B Nolan Arenado hit a pop-up to short center that was miscommunicated on and eventually fell in to drive in 2 runs. The Cards gave away Thursday’s game 5-4 with a blown save and were outplayed Friday in 6-3 finish. They’re 4-6 over their last 10. They sit 2 games out of a Wild Card spot.
Saturday’s loss snapped the Cubs’ 3-game winning streak. OF Seiya Suzuki is hitting .320 over the last 6 games with 5 of his 8 hits going for extra bases. Their bullpen has been untouchable before the bad luck doomed them Saturday. There was a graphic shown during the game that the Cubs had the best bullpen ERA in baseball since late June hovering around 1.50. They sit 6 games out of a Wild Card.