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The
St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs will both be trying to pick
up a win on Saturday when they battle at Wrigley Field.
The
Cardinals will trot Edwin Jackson out to the mound in this one.
Righthander Jackson has a 9-8 record and a 4.04 ERA this season.
It'll
be Matt Garza toeing the rubber for the Cubs in this contest.
Righthander Garza is 5-9 with a 3.80 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers
currently have the Cubs listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the
Cardinals, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
St.
Louis lost its last outing, a 5-4 result against the Cubs on August
19. Bettors who backed the Cubs at +139 on the moneyline won on the
day, and the total score (9) sent UNDER bettors to the payout window.
Team
records:
St. Louis: 66-59 SU
Chicago: 55-70 SU
St.
Louis most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before
playing Chi Cubs are 7-3
After playing Chi Cubs are 6-4
After a
loss are 6-4
Chicago most recently:
When playing on
Saturday are 4-6
Before playing St. Louis are 1-9
After playing
St. Louis are 5-5
After a win are 7-3
A
few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St.
Louis's last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
St.
Louis is 6-2 SU in their last 8 games when playing Chi Cubs
The
total has gone OVER in 9 of St. Louis's last 12 games when playing
Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis's last 9
games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 6
games when playing at home against St. Louis
Chi Cubs are 8-2 SU
in their last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Chi
Cubs's last 12 games when playing St. Louis
Chi Cubs are 13-5 SU
in their last 18 games
Next
up:
Chi Cubs home to St. Louis, Sunday, August 21
