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Jesse Schule Free Pick
(MLB) Cincinnati vs. Chi Cubs,
07/04/2016 10:20 AM, Score: 4 - 10
Point Spread: -1.50 | -120.00 Chi Cubs (Home)
Result: Win
Point Spread: -1.50 | -120.00 Chi Cubs (Home)
Result: Win
This is a Free #MLB play on the Chicago #Cubs -1.5.
The Cubs will be happy to be back at Wrigley after taking a beating in New York over the weekend. They swept the Reds in Cincinnati last week, and the cellar dwellers of the NL Central have dropped six of their last seven. My money is on the Cubs to win big at Wrigley in a matchup between first versus worst.
Kyle Hendricks will toe the slab for the Cubs, and he's coming off three straight victories. Hendricks (6-6, 2.76 ERA) allowed a pair of runs on eight hits, striking out five in 6 2/3 innings in a 9-2 win at Cincinnati his last time out. He's been great at home this year, with a record of 4-1 and a 1.93 ERA in seven starts at Wrigley.
The Reds hand the ball to Cody Reed, who was torched by the Cubs in his last start. Reed was the opposing pitcher when Hendricks got the win in Cincinnati last week, and he gave up seven runs on nine hits in just four innings in that game. Reed is 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA in three career starts in the big leagues, and his first win is unlikely to come against the Cubs at Wrigley.
If the Cubs can't get to Reed, there's a good chance they can get to Cincinnati's bullpen that ranks dead last in the majors with an ERA of 5.90.
Take CHC -1.5.
GL,
Jesse Schule
The Cubs will be happy to be back at Wrigley after taking a beating in New York over the weekend. They swept the Reds in Cincinnati last week, and the cellar dwellers of the NL Central have dropped six of their last seven. My money is on the Cubs to win big at Wrigley in a matchup between first versus worst.
Kyle Hendricks will toe the slab for the Cubs, and he's coming off three straight victories. Hendricks (6-6, 2.76 ERA) allowed a pair of runs on eight hits, striking out five in 6 2/3 innings in a 9-2 win at Cincinnati his last time out. He's been great at home this year, with a record of 4-1 and a 1.93 ERA in seven starts at Wrigley.
The Reds hand the ball to Cody Reed, who was torched by the Cubs in his last start. Reed was the opposing pitcher when Hendricks got the win in Cincinnati last week, and he gave up seven runs on nine hits in just four innings in that game. Reed is 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA in three career starts in the big leagues, and his first win is unlikely to come against the Cubs at Wrigley.
If the Cubs can't get to Reed, there's a good chance they can get to Cincinnati's bullpen that ranks dead last in the majors with an ERA of 5.90.
Take CHC -1.5.
GL,
Jesse Schule
