Diamondbacks vs. Cubs odds, tips and betting trends

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08 September 2023

Diamondbacks vs. Cubs odds, tips and betting trends

On Friday, the Chicago Cubs (76-65) are hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks (73-68), at 2:20 PM ET, in the second game of a four-game series.

The Diamondbacks are favored (-123 moneyline odds) when they square off against the Cubs (+103). The Diamondbacks will start Zac Gallen (14-7) versus the Cubs and Jameson Taillon (7-9).

Yesterday, the Diamondbacks picked up a 6-2 win over the Cubs, with Ryne Nelson (5.2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 3 K) registering the win for the Diamondbacks. Tommy Pham went 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI to lead the offense. Javier Assad (5.1 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 0 K) took the loss for the Cubs.

Get ready for the Diamondbacks vs. Cubs with what you need to know before Friday’s baseball action, including viewing options.

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Chicago Cubs Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Diamondbacks (-123, bet $123 to win $100)
Underdog: Cubs (+103, bet $100 to win $103)
Over/under: 7.5

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Diamondbacks Stats and Trends

Diamondbacks Betting Records

This season, the Diamondbacks have been favored 63 times and won 38, or 60.3%, of those games.
Arizona has a record of 35-18 in games when bookmakers favor them by at least -123 on the moneyline.
Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Diamondbacks have a 55.2% chance to win.
So far this season, Arizona and its opponents have hit the over in 61 of 141 games with a total.
The Diamondbacks are 77-64-0 ATS in their 141 games with a spread this season.

Zac Gallen (Diamondbacks Probable Starter)

Gallen gets the start for the Diamondbacks, his 30th of the season. He is 14-7 with a 3.48 ERA and 186 strikeouts in 178 2/3 innings pitched.
The righty’s most recent time out came on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, when he threw 5 1/3 innings, surrendering five earned runs while allowing eight hits.
In 29 games this season, the 28-year-old has amassed a 3.48 ERA and 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .238 to opposing batters.
Gallen is looking to record his 18th quality start of the year.
Gallen will look to continue a 20-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he’s averaging 6.1 frames per outing).
In six of his 29 total appearances this season he has not surrendered an earned run.
He will face a Cubs offense that ranks sixth in the league with 718 runs while batting .254 as a squad. It has a collective .419 slugging percentage (14th in MLB action) and has hit a total of 170 home runs (14th in MLB).
This season, the 28-year-old ranks 17th in ERA (3.48), 12th in WHIP (1.114), and 20th in K/9 (9.4) among qualifying pitchers.

Diamondbacks Batting Stats

The Diamondbacks’ 156 home runs rank 19th in Major League Baseball.
Hitters for Arizona have combined for a team rank of 12th in the majors with a .420 team slugging percentage.
The Diamondbacks have a team batting average of .253 this season, which ranks 14th among MLB teams.
Arizona has scored 663 runs (4.7 per game) this season, which ranks 12th in MLB.
The Diamondbacks have an OBP of .324 this season, which ranks 13th in MLB.
Arizona has shown patience at the plate this season with the fourth-best rate of strikeouts per game (7.8) among MLB offenses.

Cubs Stats and Trends

Cubs Betting Records

The Cubs have won in 29, or 46%, of the 63 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs this year.
Chicago has a win-loss record of 21-22 when favored by +103 or worse by bookmakers this year.
The Cubs have an implied victory probability of 49.3% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
Chicago’s games have gone over the total in 71 of its 141 opportunities.
The Cubs have an against the spread mark of 71-70-0 in 141 games with a line this season.

Jameson Taillon (Cubs Probable Starter)

Taillon (7-9) gets the starting nod for the Cubs in his 26th start of the season. He has a 5.73 ERA in 127 1/3 innings pitched, with 113 strikeouts.
The right-hander’s last appearance was on Sunday against the Cincinnati Reds, when he went 5 2/3 innings, surrendering five earned runs while allowing seven hits.
In 25 games this season, the 31-year-old has an ERA of 5.73, with 8 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .276 against him.
Taillon is looking to pick up his sixth quality start of the year.
Taillon will aim to pitch five or more innings for his fifth straight appearance. He’s averaging 5.1 frames per outing.
In two of his 25 total appearances this season he has not given up an earned run.
He meets a Diamondbacks offense that ranks 12th in the league with 663 total runs scored while batting .253 as a squad. His opponent has a collective .420 slugging percentage (12th in MLB action) and has hit a total of 156 home runs (19th in the league).

Cubs Batting Stats

The Cubs average 1.2 home runs per game to rank 14th in MLB action with 170 total home runs .
So far this season, Chicago is 14th in the majors with a .419 slugging percentage.
The Cubs are 12th in the majors with a .254 batting average.
The offense for Chicago is No. 6 in baseball, scoring 5.1 runs per game (718 total runs).
The Cubs’ .329 on-base percentage ranks seventh-best in MLB.

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