Chicago Cubs at Saint Louis Cardinals 9/29/19 - MLB Betting Picks & Odds
Chicago Cubs vs. Saint Louis Cardinals
MLB: 3:15 PM EST
Sep. 29, 2019
TV: FSMW
Latest Odds : STL -248 O/U 8.5
The Cubs are eliminated from the playoffs and while the team would love to be able to come into the game here and help to disrupt the playoff plans of the Cardinals. However, the Cardinals are playing at home and at home the Cardinals have really played great with a record that is a total of 20 games over the five hundred mark on the year.
With the Cubs, the team is playing on the road and have really struggled this season on the road. The Cubs, whose road woes are part of what cost them the playoffs this year are coming in 16 games under the five hundred mark on the year so far and that will definitely cause the Cubs some issues coming into next year.
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This year the Cubs pitching have really been able to move along really well with a team ERA of 4.07 and have kept the opponents to hitting at a clip of .251 this year. The Cubs have ended up striking out 1411 batters on the year with 515 walks on the year. With the hitting the Cubs have managed to hit at a clip of .252 on the year with 1349 hits. The Cubs have scored 798 runs on the year with 250 homers this year.
For the Cardinals the team has posted a team ERA of 3.80 and kept the opponents to hitting at a clip of .238 this year. The Cardinals have struck out 1372 batters and allowed a total of 536 walks on the year. For the Cardinals the team has hit at a clip of only .245 this year and have recorded 1313 hits on the season. The Cardinals have managed to record a total of 747 runs on the season with 204 homers thi year.
Recent Betting Trends:
Cubs are 1-9 in their last 10 overall.
Cardinals are 19-7 in their last 26 home games.
Over is 4-1 in Cardinals last 5 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.
Over is 4-1 in Cardinals last 5 during game 3 of a series.
Free Betting Pick: Saint Louis Cardinals -248
The Cubs are struggling on the road this year and it will definitely show up in this game here. The hitting for the Cubs is better than the Cardinals, but when it comes to pitching the Cardinals have been hard to match on the season and that will lead to the Cardinals being able to shut down the Cubs hitters rather easily. Final Score, Saint Louis Cardinals win 6-3.