St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs Odds - Sunday September 25 2016

Power Ranking

St. Louis 23

Chicago 6

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STL
4.58
5.06
0.00
8.69
3.42
9.57
3.22

Offense
Defense
Team ERA
Offensive Hits
Offensive Walks
Defensive Hits
Defensive Walks

CHC
5.11
4.39
0.00
8.62
3.50
8.17
3.06

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St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs will send Jon Lester to the bump in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field when they take on the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday – and Wrigley has been good to the lefty this season. Lester has a 1.86 ERA while holding opponents to a .186 batting average in 14 starts at home this season.

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Team Record

St. Louis Cardinals

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	81-73	5-5	37-31	8-12	73-61
Home	33-41	0-1	16-16	1-9	32-32
Away	48-32	5-4	21-15	7-3	41-29
Fave	58-49	2-1	27-20	4-10	54-39
Dog	23-24	3-4	10-11	4-2	19-22
O/U	80-69-5	4-6	30-36-2	8-10-2	72-59-3
vs LHP	20-23	2-2	6-12	4-4	16-19
vs RHP	61-50	3-3	31-19	4-8	57-42

Team Record

Chicago Cubs

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	98-56	6-4	45-23	15-5	83-51
Home	56-24	5-4	25-12	8-2	48-22
Away	42-32	1-0	20-11	7-3	35-29
Fave	93-48	6-4	43-21	15-5	78-43
Dog	4-8	0-0	2-2	0-0	4-8
O/U	70-78-6	4-6	37-29-2	5-13-2	65-65-4
vs LHP	28-17	0-0	13-4	5-2	23-15
vs RHP	70-39	6-4	32-19	10-3	60-36

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

St. Louis Cardinals

Carlos Martinez (15-9) ERA: 3.15

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Sep 19, 2016	COL	W	5-3	U	5	85
Sep 14, 2016	CHC	L	0-7	P	6	-100
Sep 9, 2016	MIL	W	4-3	U	7	40

Chicago Cubs

Jon Lester (19-4) ERA: 2.28

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Sep 20, 2016	CIN	W	6-1	U	7	36
Sep 14, 2016	STL	W	7-0	P	8	75
Sep 9, 2016	HOU	W	2-0	U	7	73

Pitcher Recent Starts vs Opponent

St. Louis Cardinals

Carlos Martinez (15-9) ERA: 3.15

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Sep 14, 2016	7-0	CHC	6	8	4	4	0	9	Loss
Aug 11, 2016	4-3	CHC	6	7	3	3	3	4	No Decision
May 25, 2016	9-8	CHC	5	6	6	6	3	7	Loss
Apr 20, 2016	5-3	STL	7	3	1	1	3	5	Win
Sep 20, 2015	4-3	STL	6.2	4	2	2	3	6	Win

Chicago Cubs

Jon Lester (19-4) ERA: 2.28

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Sep 14, 2016	7-0	CHC	8	3	0	0	1	8	Win
Aug 11, 2016	4-3	CHC	6	5	2	2	1	6	No Decision
Oct 9, 2015	4-0	STL	7.1	5	3	3	1	9	Loss
Sep 20, 2015	4-3	STL	6	6	4	4	3	7	Loss
Sep 9, 2015	4-3	STL	7	2	1	1	1	7	No Decision

Head to Head Detail

Search MLB Database	Teams	Runs Scored	Line	Total	O/U	Pitcher
Sep 24, 2016	STL	10	-141	8	Over	Alex Reyes (R)
Sep 24, 2016	CHC	4	-141	8	Over	Jason Hammel (R)
Sep 23, 2016	STL	0	-209	7	Under	Mike Leake (R)
Sep 23, 2016	CHC	5	-209	7	Under	Jake Arrieta (R)
Sep 14, 2016	CHC	7	122	7.5	Under	Jon Lester (L)
Sep 14, 2016	STL	0	122	7.5	Under	Carlos Martinez (R)
Sep 13, 2016	CHC	2	-108	8.5	Under	Jason Hammel (R)
Sep 13, 2016	STL	4	-108	8.5	Under	Jaime Garcia (L)
Sep 12, 2016	CHC	4	124	8	Under	Kyle Hendricks (R)
Sep 12, 2016	STL	1	124	8	Under	Mike Leake (R)
Aug 14, 2016	STL	6	-170	8.5	Over	Mike Leake (R)
Aug 14, 2016	CHC	4	-170	8.5	Over	John Lackey (R)
Aug 13, 2016	STL	8	-193	9	Over	Luke Weaver (R)
Aug 13, 2016	CHC	4	-193	9	Over	Kyle Hendricks (R)
Aug 12, 2016	STL	2	-170	8	Over	Adam Wainwright (R)
Aug 12, 2016	CHC	13	-170	8	Over	Jake Arrieta (R)
Aug 11, 2016	STL	3	-164	9	Under	Carlos Martinez (R)
Aug 11, 2016	CHC	4	-164	9	Under	Jon Lester (L)
Jun 22, 2016	STL	7	-248	7.5	Over	Michael Wacha (R)
Jun 22, 2016	CHC	2	-248	7.5	Over	Jake Arrieta (R)

Betting Odds Trends

St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
St. Louis is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
St. Louis is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs

Betting Odds Trends

Chicago Cubs

Chi Cubs is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Chi Cubs is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Chi Cubs is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against St. Louis

Injuries

St. Louis Cardinals

Matt Carpenter 3B 10-day IL (04/02), Oblique
Keynan Middleton RP 15-day IL (03/25), Forearm
Tommy Edman 3B 10-day IL (3/25), Wrist
Dylan Carlson CF 10-day IL (03/26), Shoulder
Riley O'Brien RP 15-day IL (03/29), Forearm
Drew Rom SP 15-day IL (03/25), Biceps

Injuries

Chicago Cubs

Drew Smyly SP 15-day IL (04/22), Hip
Kyle Hendricks SP 15-day IL (04/23), Back
Cody Bellinger 1B 10-day IL (04/24), Ribs
Julian Merryweather SP 60-day IL (04/06), Shoulder
Justin Steele SP 15-day IL (03/29), Hamstring
Seiya Suzuki LF 10-day IL (04/15), Oblique
Caleb Kilian SP 60-day IL (03/28), Shoulder

Last 5 Games

St. Louis Cardinals

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Sep 24, 2016	CHC	10-4	W	+131	8	Alex Reyes	5	A	Jason Hammel
Sep 23, 2016	CHC	0-5	L	+193	7	Mike Leake	3.1	A	Jake Arrieta
Sep 21, 2016	COL	1-11	L	-133	12.5	Luke Weaver	2	A	German Marquez
Sep 20, 2016	COL	10-5	W	-119	12	Adam Wainwright	5.1	A	Jorge De La Rosa
Sep 19, 2016	COL	5-3	W	-117	11	Carlos Martinez	5	A	Tyler Anderson

Chicago Cubs

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Sep 24, 2016	STL	4-10	L	-141	8	Jason Hammel	2.1	H	Alex Reyes
Sep 23, 2016	STL	5-0	W	-209	7	Jake Arrieta	7	H	Mike Leake
Sep 21, 2016	CIN	9-2	W	-270	9	John Lackey	7	H	Robert Stephenson
Sep 20, 2016	CIN	6-1	W	-271	8	Jon Lester	7	H	Josh Smith
Sep 19, 2016	CIN	5-2	W	-263	9.5	Jason Hammel	7	H	Tim Adleman

Stats Comparison

St. Louis Cardinals

Chicago Cubs

Runs Scored

4.58 5.11

Runs Allowed

5.06 4.39

Team ERA

0.00 0.00

Runs Scored Road vs. Home

4.40 5.35

Runs Allowed Road vs. Home

4.94 4.49

Starter ERA

3.15 2.28

Stats Comparison

St. Louis Cardinals

Chicago Cubs

Offensive Hits

8.69 8.62

Hits Allowed

9.57 8.17

Bullpen Innings Pitched Last 3

14.2 10.2

Offensive Walks

3.42 3.50

Defensive Walks

3.22 3.06

Wins Last 10 Games

5 6

Supergrid

	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.58	16	4.39	15
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.40	20	4.49	16
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	5.11	6	5.06	24
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	5.35	3	4.94	22