The St. Louis Cardinals will play the Chicago Cubs in Game 3 of their series on Wednesday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.
Cardinals Preview
The St. Louis Cardinals are 13-24 this season and they have won three games in a row. St. Louis has won the first two games in this series by scores of 3-1 and 6-4. The St. Louis pitching staff has a 4.48 ERA, a 1.46 WHIP, and a .271 opponent batting average this year. The Cardinals offense has scored 165 runs with a .257 batting average and a .327 on base percentage. Paul Goldschmidt is batting .308 with seven home runs and 20 RBI’s for the Cardinals. The projected starting pitcher for St. Louis is Jordan Montgomery, who is 2-4 with a 3.29 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP over 41.0 innings pitched this season.
Cubs Preview
The Chicago Cubs are 17-19 this season and they have lost three games in a row. Prior to losing the first two games in this series, Chicago won two out of three games against the Marlins. The Chicago pitching staff has a 3.40 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP, and a .224 opponent batting average. The Cubs offense has scored 173 runs with a .266 batting average and a .339 on base percentage this season. Patrick Wisdom is batting .236 with 11 home runs and 21 RBI’s for the Cubs. The projected starting pitcher for Chicago is Justin Steele, who is 5-0 with a 1.45 ERA and a 0.95 WHIP over 43.1 innings pitched this year.
Trends
St. Louis is 19-9 in their last 28 game three’s of a series and 2-6 in their last 8 Wednesday games. The over is 7-1 in St. Louis’ last 8 games. Chicago is 12-5 in their last 17 Wednesday games and 3-10 in their last 13 games. The under is 12-4 in Chicago’s last 16 games. St. Louis is 23-8 in these two teams last 31 head to head meetings.
Pick
St. Louis started the season playing very poorly, but they have won three games in a row and have some momentum as they look for the series sweep in this game. Chicago has struggled over the last two weeks, but they do have a very good team ERA. Justin Steele has been great for the Cubs this season, as he has allowed two earned runs or fewer in five straight starts. I like the Cubs in this game.
AUTHOR: David Racey
