The Cubs and Reds start a three-game series in Cincinnati on Monday night. Chicago is expected to go with Jameson Taillon on the mound. He is 7-5, with a 2.96 ERA. The Reds will go with Carson Spiers on the mound. He is 3-2, with a 3.83 ERA. The Cubs are just 4-5 since the break and have been shutout three times. Chicago’s offense averaged 2.8 runs in their nine games since the break but have scored 16 runs in their last two games. The Reds are coming off a disappointing series where they scored just 4 total runs in losing two games. These teams have played seven times this season with the reds coming away with 5 wins. Taillon,in his career, is 5-5 with a 4.79 ERA. He is 2-2 with a 3.28 ERA in eight starts away from Wrigley. Spier is coming off the IL but did hold the Cubs to fie scoreless innings in a relief role in June. The Cubs offensive clicked the last two days but that looks more like an outlier since the break. The reds offense was MIA the last 3 games but I think thy do enough at home to take down the a Cubs team that could be involved at the trade deadline one way or another.

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