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The Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Busch Stadium.
Ryan Dempster will be the starting pitcher for the Cubs on this day. Righthander Dempster is 15-6 this season with a 2.99 ERA.
Starting this game for the Cardinals will be Kyle Lohse. The righthander has a 3.76 ERA to go along with a 13-6 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Cubs listed as 125-moneyline favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Cubs blew a ninth inning lead and fell 4-3 to the Reds in Sunday’s rubber match, as -120 favorites. The seven runs went UNDER the posted over/under (9.5).
Ronny Cedeno went 1-for-2 with one RBI for the Cubs. Kerry Wood gave up three runs in relief to suffer the loss.
The Cardinals defeated
Adam Wainwright pitched eight strong innings, allowing only one run on six hits for St. Louis, while Albert Pujols hit a two-run home run in the win.
Current streak:
Team records:
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 5-5 Before playing St. Louis are 4-6 After playing Cincinnati are 5-5 After a loss are 5-5 St. Louis most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Chi Cubs’s last 18 games on the road Chi Cubs are 14-3 SU in their last 17 games on the road Chi Cubs are 15-7 SU in their last 22 games when playing St. Louis The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi Cubs’s last 9 games The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis’s last 6 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 5 games St. Louis is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis’s last 9 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs Next up:
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