Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs 5/20/19 - MLB Baseball Pick & Betting Odds
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Chicago Cubs
MLB: 8:05 PM ET
May. 20, 2019
TV: MLB Network
Latest Odds : Chicago Cubs -135
On the one hand the Philadelphia Phillies are at a disadvantage here since they are the road team. However, the benefit that the Philadelphia Phillies have is they played early yesterday afternoon while the Chicago Cubs had the Sunday night game at Washington.
Both the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Philadelphia Phillies had to travel back from the east coast for this Monday evening game but the edge goes to the road team based on the much earlier game yesterday. Also, the Philadelphia Phillies bats are heating up again as they enter this series off a weekend series sweep of the Colorado Rockies.
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Jake Arrieta gets the start for the Philadelphia Phillies Monday and the ability to have him as an underdog is certainly a value-add. Jake Arrieta has a 4.02 ERA this season and this is his first career start against the Chicago Cubs. In that regard it is advantage pitcher!
Yu Darvish gets the start for the Chicago Cubs and he has a 6.38 ERA in his 4 home starts this season. Yu Darvish has not received a winning decision in any of those home starts. Yu Darvish may be victimized by a lack of run support here as the Chicago Cubs have averaged scoring only 2.6 runs per game in their last 5 games played at Wrigley Field.
Recent Betting Trends:
Philadelphia is 25-47 on the road when the money line is +125 to -125
Phillies O/U is 2-4 this season on the road when the money line is +125 to -125
Philadelphia is 23-13 this season against right-handed starters
Chicago is 17-6 this season when playing against a team with a winning record
Cubs O/U is 11-25 at home when the money line is +125 to -125
Chicago is 23-13 at home when the money line is +125 to -125
Free Betting Pick: Philadelphia Phillies +120
With consideration to all of the above factors, the road team holds the edges in this one and the best bet (value) is to take the road dog based on a projected final score of Philadelphia Phillies 4, Chicago Cubs 3