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The Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs play Game 2 of their current set on Tuesday at Wrigley Field.
Zach Eflin gets to start on top of the mound for the Phillies on Tuesday. The 25-year old from Orlando, Florida has started a total of nine games this season and has a record of 5-4 with an ERA of 2.899, WHIP of .109 and BAA of .244. The Phillies have won three out of their last four games with Eflin as starter.
The right hander has pitched in a total of 56.0 innings this season and has allowed a total of 20 runs on 52 hits with 8 home runs. Eflin has struck out a total 45 batters while walking 9 others this season. In his last outing last 5/6/19 against Milwaukee, Eflin allowed four earned runs on seven hits in five innings of work. He earned the loss as the Phillies dropped a 3-11 decision to the Brewers.
Jean Segura leads Philly with a .322 batting average while Rhys Hoskins is the Phillies’ leader in RBIs and home runs with a total 36 and 11, respectively. As a team Philadelphia is batting at an average of .244 and they have scored a total of 229 runs already this season.
Left-hander Jose Quintana will open for the Cubs against the Phillies on Tuesday. The 30-year old from Bolivar, Colombia has pitched in a total of nine games this season with 8 starts. Quintana has a record of 4-3 with an ERA of 3.68, WHIP of 1.27 and a BAA of .253 this season. The Cubs have won five out of their last seven games with Quintana as starter.
Quintana has allowed a total of 23 runs ( 21 earned) on 50 hits with 7 home runs given up. He has struck out a total of 50 batters and has walked 15 others in a total of 51.1 innings pitched. In his last outing, Quintana got the loss as he allowed three earned runs on six hits during the Cubs’ 2-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds last 5/16/19.
Catcher Willson Contreras leads the Cubs with a batting average of .321. On the other hand, first baseman Anthony Rizzo leads the team with a total of 11 RBIs and is contributing 31 RBIs while third baseman Kris Bryant leads the team with a total of 32 RBIs on the season. The Cubs are batting at an average of .255 this season and they have scored a total of 238 runs this season.
Who Wins?
Philadelphia is 6-4 SU in their last 10 games played. The Phillies are 2-1 SU on the road during that stretch. Chicago is 6-4 SU in their last 10 games played. The Cubs are 3-1 SU in their last four games played at home. Head to head, the Cubs are 6-4 SU in their last 10 game played against the Phillies and Chicago is also 8-2 SU in their last 10 home games against Philadelphia.
Philadelphia is 2-9 SU in Eflin’s last 11 road starts. The Phillies are 1-5 in Eflin’s last six starts during Game 2 of a series and 1-5 in his last six starts against an opponent with a winning record. The Cubs are 5-1 SU in Quintana’s last six starts during Game 2 of a series, 5-1 in his last six Tuesday starts and Chicago is 4-1 in Quintana’s last five starts against an opponent with a winning record.
Quintana has pitched very well at Wrigley Field this season, going 3-1 with an ERA of 2.86 and a WHIP of 1.05 over 26.2 innings of pitch work in four starts. Bryce Harper has been hitting just .235 heading to Monday’s opener and the cold weather can always be a big factor in favor of the home team.
The Cubs are 15-6 SU at Wrigley Field his season and are 12-5 SU as home baseball betting favorites. On the other hand, the Phillies are just 3-4 SU as road underdogs. I fancy Quintana over Eflin and like the former’s strikeout numbers. The Phillies have also just won once in their last five meetings and just once in their last six meetings in Chicago. I’m picking the Chicago Cubs to beat the Philadelphia Phillies on 5/21/19.
Other Bet To Make
The under is 3-7 in the Phillies’ last 10 games played. Philadelphia has seen the under go 3-0 in their last three road games. The under is also 3-7 in the Cubs’ last 10 games played. Chicago has seen the total go under in each of their last four home games. Head to head, the under is 5-4-1 in their last 10 meetings but the over is 5-2 in their last seven games played in Chicago.
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The under is 4-0 in the Phillies’ last four games, 4-1 in their last five road games against an opponent with a home winning percentage higher than .600, and 8-2-1 in their last 11 road games against a left-handed starter. The Cubs have seen the under go 4-0 in their last four games against a right-handed starter, 5-0 in their last five home games, 5-1 in their last six games against a starter with a WHIP of less than 1.15 and 5-1 in Quintana’s last six starts during Game 2 of a series. Given how the Cubs have played at home and with two very solid pitchers on the mound, I expect a low scoring game here. Prediction: Under
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