Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals AI Sports Picks & Predictions

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Chicago CubsCHC

1–5

Final

St. Louis CardinalsSTL

Busch Stadium

Team Season Averages

Chicago CubsLeads 15 of 18

St. Louis CardinalsLeads 3 of 18

Batting

4.80Runs per game4.32
0.240Batting average0.238
0.337On-base percentage0.317
0.389Slugging percentage0.384
0.726OPS0.701
1.12Home runs per game1.13
8.17Hits per game7.98
66Home runs63
37Stolen bases35

Pitching

4.17ERA4.21
1.23WHIP1.37
8.12Strikeouts per nine7.66
3.07Walks per nine3.61
4.10Runs allowed per game4.21
0.238Opponent batting average0.256
471Pitching strikeouts429
19Quality starts20
10Saves18

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (STL)	Total	CHC ML	STL ML
DDraftKings	+1.5	8.5	+101	-122
FFanDuel	-1.5	8.5	+108	-126
BBetMGM	+1.5	8.5	+100	-120
CCaesars	-1.5	8.5	+100	-120
BBetOnline	-1.5	8.5	+102	-112
BBetRivers	+1.5	8.5	-107	-117
BBetus	-1.5	8.5	+105	-115
BBovada	-1.5	8.5	-102	-118
FFanatics	+1.5	8.5	-105	-115
LLowVig	-1.5	8.5	+102	-112
MMyBookie	-1.5	8.5	+102	-120

Game Information

Busch Stadium

Stadium

May 31, 2026

7:20 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Lineups

CHC

Starters

STL

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
CHC	6th	13th
STL	17th	20th

Matchup

CHCSTL

32-27Record30-26
54.2%Win %53.6%
18-11Home record14-14
14-16Road record16-12
3-7Last 103-7
1Streak-1
+23Run diff-14
8-8Division8-8
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
CHC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
STL	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	—	5

Team Stats

CHCStatSTL

1Runs5
7Hits8
0Errors0
1Home runs0
1RBI5
0Stolen bases1
8K (bat)5
5K (pit)8
4BB (pit)1

Player Stats

CHC — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Ian HappLF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Bregman3B	4	1	1	1	1	0
Carson KellyC	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nico Hoerner2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Seiya SuzukiRF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Busch1B	4	0	2	0	0	0
Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dansby SwansonSS	2	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin AlcantaraRF	2	0	1	0	0	0
Michael ConfortoRF	2	0	1	0	0	0

CHC — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Jordan WicksRP	2.0	4	3	3	0	1
Ryan RolisonRP	2.0	1	0	0	3	0
Trent ThorntonRP	2.0	0	0	0	1	1
Phil MatonRP	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Ethan RobertsRP	1.0	3	2	2	0	2

STL — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Masyn WinnSS	4	0	1	2	0
Jordan WalkerRF	4	0	1	1	0
Nelson VelazquezLF	4	0	1	0	0
Jose FerminLF	3	0	0	0	0
Ivan HerreraDH	3	2	2	0	1
Alec Burleson1B	3	1	1	2	1
JJ Wetherholt2B	3	2	2	0	1
Pedro PagesC	2	0	0	0	0
Nolan Gorman3B	1	0	0	0	0
Thomas SaggeseLF	1	0	0	0	1
Victor Scott IICF	1	0	0	0	0

STL — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Matthew LiberatoreSP	5.1	3	0	0	1	4
Hunter DobbinsSP	3.2	4	1	1	0	4

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Player props

Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals Player Props

Prop lines and results for the players in this game, by market.

Shota Imanaga
Outs: 6/20 over · last line 11.5
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Matthew Liberatore
Strikeouts: 9/18 over · last line 5.5
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Andre Pallante
Outs: 9/17 over · last line 11.5
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Michael McGreevy
Hits Allowed: 9/17 over · last line 4.5
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Pedro Ramirez
Home Runs: 0/15 over · last line 0.5
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Kevin Gausman
Strikeouts: 10/14 over · last line 4.5
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Kyle Leahy
Hits Allowed: 8/14 over · last line 2.5
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Miguel Amaya
Home Runs: 0/14 over · last line 0.5
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Matthew Boyd
Strikeouts: 6/13 over · last line 3.5
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Clay Holmes
ER: 5/12 over · last line 1.5
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Matt Shaw
Hits: 6/12 over · last line 0.5
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Blaze Jordan
Walks: 1/11 over · last line 0.5
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Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals: Final Score & Recap

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 in this MLB game at Busch Stadium on Sunday, May 31, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

Team pages: Chicago Cubs · St. Louis Cardinals

Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals Odds

DraftKings lists the St. Louis Cardinals at STL +1.5 on the run line, with the total set at 8.5. Moneylines are Chicago Cubs +101 and St. Louis Cardinals -122. Those are the closing numbers; the odds table above compares every book we track.

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Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals — Common Questions

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