Chicago has spent this series making the Cardinals look overmatched, backing up a 7-3 win in the opener with a 10-2 blowout Tuesday before St. Louis finally broke through with a walk-off two-run double in the tenth last night. That one loss doesn't change what's been true all week: this is a Cubs team that's controlled the highest-value moments of every game in this set, and Javier Assad gets the ball today having given Chicago the better version of its rotation against this specific opponent for a while now. Cardinals hitters haven't had answers for him, and the bigger picture backs it up. Chicago is 4-1 this season when Assad starts as the moneyline underdog, the kind of number that tells you the market keeps underrating this matchup. St. Louis carries a bottom-ten bullpen into this one behind Pallante, who has been fine but not overpowering, and I won't pretend the Cardinals haven't had the better of this season series overall before this week. But right now, this week, Chicago is the team playing like it has more in the tank. Take Chicago on the runline this afternoon.
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Who was the public on? 72% of the public money was on Chicago Cubs to win on the moneyline. And, 70% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that St. Louis would win by a score of 5.1 to 4.7 with St. Louis winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 67% of the public money was on Chicago Cubs to win on the moneyline. And, 59% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 4.2 to 4.1 with Chicago winning on the moneyline, St. Louis winning on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Who was the public on? 67% of the public money was on Chicago Cubs to win on the moneyline. And, 73% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that St. Louis would win by a score of 3.8 to 3.8 with St. Louis winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Who was the public on? 56% of the public money was on Chicago Cubs to win on the moneyline. And, 57% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 4.0 to 3.8 with Chicago winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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Chicago at St. Louis
2:15 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 66% of the public money was on Chicago Cubs to win on the moneyline. And, 58% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Chicago would win by a score of 5.0 to 2.1 with Chicago winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going UNDER the total.
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