1:15 PM CDT · Busch Stadium
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals 8–3 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Miles Mikolas: breakers in thin air41% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.122 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+7.7 mph · 5.0 mph
to 19 mph
- Temperature
- 93°F
- 53%
- 29.51 inHg
- Elevation
- 460 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 8 mph, Out To LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | Over -115 · Under -105 | 53% over | |
| — | CHC +110 · STL -130 | STL 57% | |
| STL -1.5 | STL +155 · CHC -188 | — | |
| Jameson Taillon | 4.5 | Over +102 · Under -145 | 50% over |
| Miles Mikolas | 4.5 | Over +114 · Under -145 | 47% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Jameson Taillon CHC · RHP
Today: 5.2 , 7 H, 3 , 0 BB, 3 K, 83 pitches
64% 33% 3%
Four-seam33%
Sinker8%
Cutter23%
Sweeper16%
Curveball17%
Changeup3%
- 92.6 mph
- 16.2 in
- 18%
- 20% / 5%
- 35%
- 37%
- .304
- 1,326
- 22% · 23% vs RHP
| 271 | 24% | .366 | 14.3 in | |
| 327 | 16% | .288 | 16.7 in |
| 1,682 | 20% | .293 | 13.6 in | |
| 2,760 | 20% | .291 | 14.9 in |
Miles Mikolas STL · RHP
Today: 5.1 , 8 H, 6 , 0 BB, 2 K, 72 pitches
49% 41% 10%
Four-seam25%
Sinker24%
Slider24%
Sweeper4%
Curveball12%
Changeup10%
- 92.7 mph
- 13.9 in
- 14%
- 17% / 4%
- 42%
- 41%
- .323
- 1,617
- 24% · 24% vs RHP
| 527 | 13% | .319 | 9.3 in | |
| 253 | 13% | .390 | 9.9 in |
| 3,590 | 17% | .354 | 10.3 in | |
| 2,030 | 15% | .324 | 11.6 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Hoerner 2B · R | 376 | 86.1 | 9.4° | 28% | 2% | 9% | 4 | .320 | .266 / .326 | +950 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Michael Busch 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 331 | 88.8 | 17.3° | 38% | 12% | 18% | 12 | .332 | .375 / .305 | +425 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 3 | Seiya Suzuki RF · R Power in carry conditions | 310 | 92.4 | 16.5° | 49% | 12% | 11% | 13 | .343 | .284 / .418 | +370 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 4 | Ian Happ LF · S Power in carry conditions | 379 | 89.8 | 13.3° | 43% | 12% | 18% | 14 | .341 | .480 / .283 | +400 | 1.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Christopher Morel DH · R Power in carry conditions | 393 | 89.6 | 13.8° | 44% | 12% | 15% | 16 | .347 | .281 / .366 | +390 | 1.5 | 2-4 2 HR |
| 6 | Dansby Swanson SS · R | 334 | 90.5 | 10.4° | 45% | 9% | 11% | 9 | .324 | .290 / .357 | +500 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 7 | Miles Mastrobuoni 3B · L | 81 | 86.1 | 13.9° | 31% | 3% | 3% | 0 | .324 | — / — | +850 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 8 | Tomás Nido C · R Power in carry conditions | 129 | 87.3 | 12.2° | 43% | 11% | 13% | 3 | .283 | — / .302 | +900 | 0.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 9 | Pete Crow-Armstrong CF · L | 171 | 83.0 | 11.3° | 28% | 4% | 17% | 1 | .239 | .275 / .265 | +650 | 0.5 | 2-3 2 HR |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masyn Winn SS · R | 347 | 84.9 | 14.9° | 30% | 2% | 14% | 5 | .291 | .240 / .323 | +750 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 2 | Alec Burleson RF · L | 336 | 89.1 | 14.7° | 41% | 8% | 11% | 16 | .339 | .301 / .396 | +400 | 1.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Paul Goldschmidt 1B · R | 402 | 91.4 | 13.4° | 49% | 9% | 16% | 13 | .329 | .358 / .348 | +350 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 4 | Brendan Donovan LF · L | 393 | 88.2 | 11.4° | 39% | 5% | 15% | 8 | .335 | .351 / .351 | +550 | 1.5 | 3-3 |
| 5 | Nolan Arenado DH · R | 375 | 85.1 | 17.7° | 28% | 3% | 19% | 8 | .297 | .308 / .281 | +550 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 6 | Lars Nootbaar CF · L Power in carry conditions | 189 | 90.9 | 4.5° | 52% | 10% | 8% | 6 | .359 | .501 / .412 | +600 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 7 | Nolan Gorman 2B · L Power in carry conditions | 342 | 88.1 | 20.5° | 38% | 17% | 20% | 17 | .310 | .259 / .279 | +340 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Willson Contreras PH · R Power in carry conditions | 215 | 91.2 | 12.7° | 47% | 14% | 4% | 10 | .388 | .426 / .470 | +320 | 1.5 | 0-1 |
| 9 | Brandon Crawford 3B · L | 68 | 89.4 | 12.7° | 32% | 5% | 21% | 1 | .288 | .322 / — | +550 | 0.5 | 0-3 |