1:15 PM CDT · Busch Stadium
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals 3–5 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Miles Mikolas: breakers in thin air47% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.119 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+2.6 mph · 6.1 mph
to 19 mph
- Temperature
- 95°F
- 41%
- 29.46 inHg
- Elevation
- 460 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 9 mph, Out To RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Over -104 · Under -115 | 51% over | |
| — | CHC +164 · STL -190 | STL 66% | |
| STL -1.5 | STL +100 · CHC -125 | — | |
| Miles Mikolas | 5.5 | Over +110 · Under -148 | 48% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Adrian Sampson CHC · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 4 H, 2 , 2 BB, 5 K, 80 pitches
78% 19% 3%
Four-seam34%
Sinker30%
Cutter15%
Slider19%
Changeup3%
- 93.0 mph
- 13.2 in
- 28%
- 25% / 0%
- 53%
- 40%
- .250
- 74
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 901 | 16% | .361 | 4.6 in | |
| 376 | 21% | .390 | 5.0 in |
Miles Mikolas STL · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 4 H, 1 , 1 BB, 9 K, 96 pitches
47% 47% 6%
Four-seam20%
Sinker27%
Slider28%
Curveball19%
Changeup6%
- 92.9 mph
- 15.2 in
- 18%
- 20% / 5%
- 34%
- 46%
- .288
- 1,381
- 23% · 23% vs RHP
| 442 | 18% | .288 | 11.4 in | |
| 267 | 12% | .345 | 11.9 in |
| 1,722 | 18% | .335 | 10.4 in | |
| 1,084 | 18% | .295 | 11.8 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Morel 2B · R Power in carry conditions | 161 | 89.2 | 7.6° | 42% | 13% | 15% | 5 | .334 | .356 / — | +450 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Rafael Ortega CF · L | 191 | 86.2 | 17.1° | 32% | 5% | 21% | 3 | .329 | .286 / .235 | +550 | 1.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Willson Contreras C · R Power in carry conditions | 266 | 91.5 | 10.6° | 51% | 11% | 12% | 12 | .390 | .358 / .450 | +330 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 4 | Ian Happ LF · S | 279 | 90.4 | 11.0° | 43% | 9% | 10% | 8 | .355 | .321 / .374 | +425 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 5 | Patrick Wisdom 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 270 | 92.5 | 19.0° | 53% | 17% | 17% | 14 | .315 | .376 / .273 | +300 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 6 | Nico Hoerner SS · R | 203 | 88.7 | 9.4° | 37% | 4% | 13% | 4 | .330 | .316 / .306 | +800 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 7 | Yan Gomes DH · R | 115 | 85.4 | 7.3° | 30% | 3% | 14% | 3 | .278 | .302 / .227 | +700 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Alfonso Rivas III 1B · L | 133 | 85.6 | 0.8° | 38% | 4% | 8% | 3 | .286 | .199 / .342 | +900 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Nelson Velázquez RF · R | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | .309 | — / — | +550 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Edman SS · S | 313 | 88.4 | 9.3° | 38% | 7% | 12% | 7 | .329 | .273 / .304 | +550 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Nolan Gorman 2B · L Power in carry conditions | 115 | 90.1 | 21.1° | 43% | 15% | 24% | 6 | .362 | .415 / — | +320 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 3 | Paul Goldschmidt 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 304 | 90.4 | 16.9° | 46% | 12% | 15% | 17 | .377 | .478 / .346 | +260 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 4 | Nolan Arenado 3B · R Wind toward pull side | 291 | 88.7 | 23.2° | 39% | 8% | 22% | 14 | .337 | .252 / .358 | +310 | 1.5 | 3-4 |
| 5 | Brendan Donovan LF · L | 188 | 86.6 | 5.2° | 38% | 2% | 6% | 1 | .333 | .391 / .197 | +600 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 6 | Dylan Carlson RF · S | 209 | 84.7 | 11.5° | 24% | 4% | 13% | 4 | .302 | .425 / .310 | +700 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 7 | Edmundo Sosa DH · R | 90 | 87.9 | 12.4° | 26% | 3% | 13% | 0 | .260 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 8 | Harrison Bader CF · R | 257 | 83.7 | 17.3° | 27% | 4% | 12% | 5 | .286 | .227 / .278 | +450 | 1.5 | 1-2 |
| 9 | Iván Herrera C · R | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |