Fixture: St. Louis @ Chicago Cubs
Time/Date: 8:00 PM ET, July 14, 2013
Pick: St. Louis
Odds: -142 (1.70 in decimal odds) @ Pinnacle
This will be the final game of 4 game series played in Chicago. Chicago Cubs won 3-0 on Thursday and 6-4 last night. St. Louis won 3-2 on Friday. Chicago Cubs are leading the season series 5-4, but St. Louis outscored them 30-23 in those 9 games.
St. Louis shares the MLB lead with Pittsburgh with 56-36 record. They are the team with most road wins in entire MLB with 29. Chicago Cubs are 4th in National League Central with 42-50 record. They are 22-25 a home.
St. Louis offense scored 74 runs more than Cubs offense and St. Louis defense allowed 55 runs less compared with the Cubs.
Adam Wainwright will be starting for St. Louis tonight. He is 12-5, 2.30 ERA in 19 starts this season. Wainwright is 2-0, 2.25 ERA in last 3 starts allowing 6 earned runs while striking out 20 in 24 innings of work combined. In his 19 starts, he has pitched at least 7 innings 15 times and has allowed 1 or fewer earned runs 9 times. St. Louis is 10-1 in Wainwright's last 11 starts as a road favorite, 9-1 in Wainwright's last 10 starts as a road favorite of -110 to -150, 12-2 in Wainwright's last 14 road starts and 5-1 in Wainwright's last 6 road starts vs. a team with a losing record.
Starting for the Cubs will be left-handed Travis Wood, who is 6-6, 2.69 ERA in 18 starts this season. He is 1-3 in his last 7 starts. Wood is 3-3 in 8 career appearances against St. Louis, including a road loss on June 17 in which he has allowed 4 runs and 7 hits in 7 innings of work. Chicago Cubs are 1-4 in Wood's last 5 Sunday starts, 2-9 in Wood's last 11 home starts vs. a team with a winning record, 3-15 in Wood's last 18 starts vs. a team with a winning record, 1-6 in Wood's last 7 starts and 0-4 in Wood's last 4 starts vs. National League Central teams.
St. Louis is 7-2 in Wainwright's last 9 road starts against the Cubs, Chicago Cubs are 1-4 in Wood's last 5 starts vs. St. Louis.
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