Chicago fell behind 7-2 last night but quickly responding the next inning winning the game 10-7 and their 5th win in a row. Chicago is starting Justin Steele in this game. Steele has faced St. Louis three times this year and he is 3-0 in those 3 starts. Steele went 6 innings in each of the 3 starts allowing 3, 1 and 2 earned runs.

St. Louis is coming of a 11-7 win last night against the struggling Arizona Diamondbacks. St. Louis is starting Miles Mikolas in this game. Mikolas is coming off a no decision against this Chicago team where he went 5 innings and allowed 11 hits and 5 earned runs. Chicago won the game 8-6. Mikolas has given up 3-6 runs in 6 of his last 9 starts.

Chicago is 26-21 as an underdog this year while St. Louis is 21-37 as a favorite. Chicago has won 7 of their last 8 games including 3 of 4 against St. Louis during that stretch. Chicago has scored 7+ runs and won by 2 or more runs in 6 of their last 7 wins. Chicago is doing their best to convince management to be buyers and not sellers at the deadline.

Pick: Chicago Cubs ML