Cubs vs. Dodgers Prediction
The Cubs and Dodgers will open a new series at 10:10 p.m. ET on Thursday night in L.A. With Mark Leiter Jr. set to oppose Tony Gonsolin in the pitching matchup, what’s the best bet when it comes to this matchup?
Game Snapshot
915 Chicago Cubs (+235) at 916 Los Angeles Dodgers (-290); o/u 8.5
10:10 p.m. ET, Thursday, June 7, 2022
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
Chicago Cubs DFS SPIN
P.J. Higgins doubled in Patrick Wisdom in the top of the ninth to propel the Cubs to a 2-1 win over the Brewers on Wednesday. The Cubs aren’t a team that needs three catchers and Higgins has options remaining, but it’s easy to see why they haven’t sent him down; he’s batting .299/.373/.522 in 76 plate appearances after also crushing it in Triple-A earlier this season. Statcast isn’t impressed with him at all; it thinks he should be slugging about 170-180 points less than his current mark. However, the Cubs will keep working him in at least a couple of times per week until he slows down.
Los Angeles Dodgers DFS SPIN
Mookie Betts went 1-for-5 with the game-winning RBI single in Wednesday’s 2-1 victory over the Rockies. Betts came to the plate with the bases loaded against Daniel Bard in the bottom of the ninth inning and proceeded to chop a high infield single which stayed up long enough off the bounce that the play was too far into development for the Rockies to have a real chance for a play at the plate. Overall this season, Betts is hitting a strong .276/.352/.540 with 18 homers, 43 RBI and six steals across 261 at-bats. Betts is now working on a little four-game hitting streak.
Cubs vs. Dodgers MLB BETTING PREDICTION
The under is 5-0-1 in the last six meetings between these two teams at Dodger Stadium, is 3-0-1 in the Dodgers’ last four games overall and is 4-0-1 in their last five home games when facing a team with a losing record. The under is also 8-1 in the Dodgers’ last nine games coming off a win, is 6-2 in their last eight games versus a right-handed starter and is 4-1 in the Cubs’ last five games overall.
MLB BETTING PREDICTION: CUBS/DODGERS UNDER 8.5