Cubs vs. Reds Total Prediction
The Cincinnati Reds hope to pick up some hits and runs when they face the Chicago Cubs at 7:10PM ET.
The Reds send Brandon Finnegan to the mound to face Jake Arrieta of the Cubs. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Cubs are heavily favored on the road in this game, as they are getting odds of -185 to win, while the Reds have a money line of +170 to win. The over/under total for the contest has been set at 7 runs.
Cincinnati is now 8-8 on the season, 7-3 at home and 10-6 with the over. Chicago is 12-4 overall, 8-2 on the road and 9-7 with the over. The Cubs have won all four meetings with the Reds this season and seven straight overall dating back to last season. These two have hit the over in all four meetings this season as well.
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These two teams have going over in six straight meetings. On Thursday, Jake Arrieta threw a no-hitter but the game still went way over because the Cubs scored 16 runs. Now they Cubs face Jon Moscot, a 24-year old who is making his fifth big-league start and first against the red-hot Cubs. The Reds have gone over in seven of 10 games and have allowed 4 or more runs in nine of 10 games.
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