Chicago Cubs at Texas Rangers 3/7/23

The Chicago Cubs will continue their spring training schedule with a visit to the Texas Rangers on Tuesday. Through the first 10 games of their spring training schedule, Chicago is 6-4. Chicago will play the Seattle Mariners on Monday before visiting Texas on Tuesday. The Cubs defeated the Colorado Rockies 6-5 in their most recent outing and have won each of their last five. 

David Bote is hitting well in spring training at .615 to lead Chicago regulars and has a team high eight hits. Trey Mancini is amongst four players for Chicago with a home run and the leader in RBIs is Ian Happ with five. As a team Chicago has 14 doubles, two triples and only four home runs. The Cubs are batting .251 and have a .343 slugging percentage. Chicago's team ERA is 4.03 and its WHIP is 1.45. 

Through the first 11 games of its spring training schedule, the Texas Rangers are 6-5. Texas will play the Colorado Rockies on the road Monday before hosting the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday. Texas defeated the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 in their most recent outing and have won three of the last four. Texas has hit well of late averaging 7.5 runs per game over the last four games.

Amongst the regulars in the Texas lineup Marcus Semien is batting .313. Justin Foscue is the leader in home runs with two while Robbie Grossman is the leader in RBIs with seven. Texas has hit 21 doubles, two triples and 14 home runs and has a team batting average of .308 with a slugging percentage of .489. Texas has a team ERA of 5.15 and a WHIP of 1.42.

Chicago has played very well through the first 10 games of its preseason schedule winning six, thanks to a strong batting average of .251 even though the Cubs are lacking in power. Texas has played well and produced at the plate but the Rangers have struggled on the mound with a team ERA of 5.15, while Chicago's team ERA is just 4.03. Final Score Prediction, Chicago Cubs win 6-3.