Cubs vs Cardinals Game Breakdown

Get ready to slide into some major league excitement as the Chicago Cubs, with a record of 46-51, gear up to claw their way through the standings at Busch Stadium against the 50-44 St. Louis Cardinals today at 2:15 PM EST. It’s a battle of the National League titans, with the Cubs looking to dig out of an 8.5-game hole and the Cardinals flying high just 3 games back. With the betting lines drawing a tight curve (Cubs at +111 and Cardinals favored at -133) and an over/under that promises some action at 8.5, this game is shaping up to be a nail-biter. Adding to the drama, the weather’s playing ball too—cloudy skies, a brisk wind from the west-northwest, and a game-time temp of just under 80 degrees. After yesterday’s face-off where the Cardinals edged out a 5-4 victory, today’s rematch is set to be a showdown you won’t want to miss. So, as the Cubs try to bear down and the Cardinals aim to soar, it’s clear this game will be more than just bats and gloves—it’s a full-on animal kingdom showdown!

Game Breakdown

Game Time: July 14, 2024 02:15PM EST

Location: Busch Stadium, St. Louis

Weather: Cloudy with winds from the WNW at 10.7 mph. Temperature is at 78.5° with 79% humidity.

Vegas Odds

	CHC ML	STL ML	Over/Under	Line
Open	+111	-133	8.5	1.5/-1.5
Recent	+107	-128	8.5	1.5/-1.5
Difference	-4	+5	0	–

Team Performance

LAST 10

7W-3L

AWAY

127W-164L

48.3% Win Probability

LAST 10

6W-4L

HOME

157W-131L

51.7% Win Probability

Previous Matchups

Date		Runs	O/U	O/U DIFF
07/13/24	Chicago Cubs CHC	4	Over	+0.5
07/13/24	St. Louis Cardinals STL	5	Over	+0.5
05/25/24	Chicago Cubs CHC	6	Over	+4.5
05/25/24	St. Louis Cardinals STL	7	Over	+4.5
05/26/24	Chicago Cubs CHC	3	Under	-1.5
05/26/24	St. Louis Cardinals STL	4	Under	-1.5
06/14/24	St. Louis Cardinals STL	3	Under	-5.5
06/14/24	Chicago Cubs CHC	0	Under	-5.5
06/15/24	St. Louis Cardinals STL	1	Under	-2.5
06/15/24	Chicago Cubs CHC	5	Under	-2.5
06/16/24	St. Louis Cardinals STL	2	Under	-5.5
06/16/24	Chicago Cubs CHC	1	Under	-5.5
07/12/24	Chicago Cubs CHC	5	Under	-2.5
07/12/24	St. Louis Cardinals STL	1	Under	-2.5
07/13/24	Chicago Cubs CHC	3	Over	+5.5
07/13/24	St. Louis Cardinals STL	11	Over	+5.5
05/08/23	St. Louis Cardinals STL	3	Under	-4.5
05/08/23	Chicago Cubs CHC	1	Under	-4.5
05/09/23	St. Louis Cardinals STL	6	Over	+1.5
05/09/23	Chicago Cubs CHC	4	Over	+1.5
05/10/23	St. Louis Cardinals STL	4	Over	+5.5
05/10/23	Chicago Cubs CHC	10	Over	+5.5
06/24/23	Chicago Cubs CHC	9	Over	+1.5
06/24/23	St. Louis Cardinals STL	1	Over	+1.5
06/25/23	Chicago Cubs CHC	5	Over	+3.5
06/25/23	St. Louis Cardinals STL	7	Over	+3.5
07/20/23	St. Louis Cardinals STL	7	Over	+0.5
07/20/23	Chicago Cubs CHC	2	Over	+0.5
07/21/23	St. Louis Cardinals STL	3	Under	-1.5
07/21/23	Chicago Cubs CHC	4	Under	-1.5
07/22/23	St. Louis Cardinals STL	6	Over	+5.5
07/22/23	Chicago Cubs CHC	8	Over	+5.5
07/23/23	St. Louis Cardinals STL	2	Over	+0.5
07/23/23	Chicago Cubs CHC	7	Over	+0.5
07/27/23	Chicago Cubs CHC	10	Over	+4.5
07/27/23	St. Louis Cardinals STL	3	Over	+4.5
07/28/23	Chicago Cubs CHC	3	Under	-3.5
07/28/23	St. Louis Cardinals STL	2	Under	-3.5
07/29/23	Chicago Cubs CHC	5	Under	-2.5
07/29/23	St. Louis Cardinals STL	1	Under	-2.5
07/30/23	Chicago Cubs CHC	0	Under	-5.5
07/30/23	St. Louis Cardinals STL	3	Under	-5.5

Cubs Vs Over/Under

Cardinals Vs Over/Under

Jameson Taillon

ERA 2.989 | IP 87.3 | 6.0W-4.0L | KO 72.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
07-09-24	@BAL	9-2W	6.0	4	2	7	Over
07-04-24	vsPHI	2-10W	7.0	4	2	7	Over
06-28-24	@MIL	2-4L	6.0	4	4	5	Under
06-22-24	vsNYM	1-8W	7.0	6	1	10	Over
06-16-24	vsSTL	2-1L	6.0	7	2	3	Under
06-11-24	@TB	2-5L	6.0	4	0	5	Under
06-05-24	vsCWS	6-7W	5.0	10	5	6	Over
05-30-24	@MIL	4-6L	6.0	6	3	4	Over
05-25-24	@STL	6-7L	5.7	9	3	3	Over
05-19-24	vsPIT	3-2L	4.7	6	3	4	Under

Miles Mikolas

ERA 4.879 | IP 107.0 | 7.0W-7.0L | KO 75.0

Date	Matchup	Result	IP	Hits	Runs	KO	Over
07-08-24	@WAS	6-0W	6.3	6	0	3	Under
07-03-24	@PIT	4-5L	6.0	5	2	4	Over
06-27-24	vsCIN	11-4L	4.3	12	10	1	Over
06-22-24	vsSF	4-9W	6.0	6	4	3	Over
06-16-24	@CHC	2-1W	6.3	4	1	5	Under
06-11-24	vsPIT	2-1L	7.0	1	0	6	Under
06-05-24	@HOU	4-2W	6.0	5	2	3	Under
05-31-24	@PHI	2-4L	6.0	5	3	5	Under
05-25-24	vsCHC	6-7W	6.0	4	3	6	Over
05-18-24	vsBOS	2-7W	5.0	2	1	4	Over

Cubs Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
07/15	vs STL	3-11L	7	2	Over
07/15	vs STL	4-5L	12	1	Over
07/14	vs STL	5-1W	13	0	Under
07/13	vs BAL	8-0W	13	1	Under
07/12	vs BAL	4-0W	11	1	Under
07/11	vs BAL	9-2W	14	2	Over
07/09	@ LAA	5-0W	7	1	Under
07/08	@ LAA	0-7L	4	0	Under
07/07	@ LAA	5-1W	9	1	Under
07/06	@ PHI	10-2W	12	2	Over
07/05	@ PHI	3-5L	9	0	Under
07/04	@ PHI	4-6L	5	1	Over
07/02	vs MIL	1-7L	2	1	Under
07/01	vs MIL	5-3W	8	2	Under
06/30	vs MIL	2-4L	5	1	Under

Cardinals Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Hits	HR	O/U
07/15	@ CHC	5-4W	11	2	Over
07/15	@ CHC	11-3W	13	1	Over
07/14	@ CHC	1-5L	6	0	Under
07/12	@ KC	5-8L	10	1	Over
07/12	@ KC	4-6L	6	3	Over
07/10	vs WAS	6-0W	11	2	Under
07/09	vs WAS	8-3W	13	1	Over
07/08	vs WAS	6-14L	11	0	Over
07/07	vs WAS	7-6W	14	1	Over
07/06	vs PIT	3-2W	10	0	Under
07/05	vs PIT	4-5L	8	1	Over
07/04	vs PIT	7-4W	13	2	Over
07/02	@ CIN	2-0W	7	0	Under
07/01	@ CIN	4-9L	8	1	Over
06/30	@ CIN	1-0W	4	0	Under

Team’s Batting Order

Chicago Cubs	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Nico Hoerner	8.4	10.9	0.254	0.344	0.381	0.725	0.298	0.012
#2 Michael Busch	8.0	10.5	0.275	0.474	0.418	0.892	0.356	0.042
#3 Seiya Suzuki	8.8	11.5	0.266	0.478	0.371	0.849	0.344	0.047
#4 Ian Happ	8.7	11.7	0.237	0.442	0.408	0.850	0.339	0.044
#5 Christopher Morel	7.6	10.2	0.199	0.368	0.350	0.718	0.293	0.047
#6 Dansby Swanson	7.4	9.7	0.215	0.354	0.315	0.669	0.277	0.030
#7 Miles Mastrobuoni	5.8	7.4	0.194	0.222	0.292	0.514	0.218	0.000
#8 Tomas Nido	4.6	5.9	0.200	0.308	0.242	0.550	0.232	0.025
#9 Pete Crow-Armstrong	6.1	7.7	0.194	0.284	0.258	0.542	0.229	0.006

St. Louis Cardinals	DK	FD	AVG	SLG	OBP	OPS	wOBA	HR/Rate
#1 Masyn Winn	8.3	10.6	0.285	0.408	0.364	0.772	0.316	0.016
#2 Alec Burleson	7.6	9.8	0.285	0.481	0.340	0.821	0.338	0.051
#2 Willson Contreras	7.8	10.4	0.273	0.517	0.494	1.011	0.391	0.057
#3 Paul Goldschmidt	9.0	11.7	0.232	0.377	0.320	0.697	0.288	0.036
#4 Brendan Donovan	7.3	9.5	0.267	0.403	0.375	0.778	0.319	0.023
#5 Nolan Arenado	7.3	9.4	0.262	0.374	0.347	0.721	0.297	0.024
#6 Lars Nootbaar	7.8	10.2	0.235	0.404	0.367	0.771	0.312	0.036
#7 Nolan Gorman	7.2	9.6	0.209	0.418	0.314	0.732	0.300	0.056
#8 Pedro Pages	5.8	7.7	0.209	0.326	0.302	0.628	0.260	0.023
#9 Brandon Crawford	5.7	7.5	0.169	0.288	0.322	0.610	0.254	0.017

Cubs Notable Injuries

Jordan Wicks OUT (SP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 06/16/24. Impact: 4.3
Cody Bellinger OUT (OF): Avg: 0.269 SLG:0.41 Last game: 07/12/24. Impact: 2.6
Mike Tauchman OUT (OF): Avg: 0.259 SLG:0.382 Last game: 06/19/24. Impact: 1.7
Keegan Thompson OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 06/28/24. Impact: 1.7
Colten Brewer OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 07/08/24. Impact: 0.7
Luke Little OUT (RP): Avg: nan SLG:nan Last game: 07/14/24. Impact: 1.2