Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals 23/07 predictions

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Kwang Hyun Kim was an honest pitcher within the Cardinals starting rotation at the start of the season, but immediately he's the ace. Kim enters this matchup on a 21 inning scoreless streak that spans over four different starts and therefore the last time he allowed a run was June 30 to the NL West juggernaut the Arizona Diamondbacks. Since that start, Kim has shutout the Giants twice and therefore the Cubs once and has allowed just 11 hits during those three starts. Kim’s success may be a little surprising since the lefty normally doesn’t hit 90 miles per hour during a start and features a 14.2 percent strikeout rate which puts him within the 14th percentile within the league. But Kim has made a big change to his arsenal in his last three starts as he's throwing his curveball far but normal and incorporating his changeup quite ever. The Cardinals offense has not been performing also as many expected before this season, but Paul Goldschmidt is carrying the St. Louis lineup immediately as he entered Wednesday night’s game batting .414 within the last seven days.

Adbert Alzolay’s best start of the season was May 22 in St. Louis, but it's been pretty downhill from there. He features a 4.93 ERA since that start and has been allowing tons of extra-base hits as his hard hit rate and barrel rate have soared to the very best rates of his three-year career. With the trade deadline approaching, the Cubs are expected to be the most important seller at the deadline and Kris Bryant and Craig Kimbrel seem to be the 2 presumably trade candidates. Their offense has been dramatically under performing which has caused the down year for the Cubs and since the all-star break, Chicago ranks within the bottom seven in batting average, on-base percentage, and OPS. It’s hard to travel against Kim immediately due to how well he has pitched recently, so back the Cardinals at an excellent money line price

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Everything about this game points to the under. The Cubs average the fourth fewest runs per game on the road while the Cardinals average the third fewest runs per game reception and with Kim on the mound, this game should stay far below the entire . Neither offense has been great since the all-star break because the y both rank within the bottom half the league in OPS and therefore the weather are going to be on the pitchers side as the wind are going to be blowing in from right field at around six to eight miles per hour. Until Kim shows any signs of a poor start in his future, back the under eight in St. Louis.

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Cardinals win and under 8.5

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