#953 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Chicago Cubs +115 over Cincinnati Reds, Monday at 6:40 PM ET - The Cubs are playing extremely well down the stretch despite their record and the Reds, who have 99 losses, are not. Chicago has won 10 of their last 11 games including a 3 game sweep of Philadelphia who is fighting for a wild card spot. The Cubs also just swept this Cincinnati team over the weekend and in a weird situation, they now close the season out with 3 more games vs the Reds on the road. In their series vs the Reds, the Cubs outscored Cincy 16-3. The Reds scored 1 run in each game and they have now averaged just 1.8 RPG over their last 10 with a team batting average of .170. They are not just 1-9 their last 10 games with their only win during that stretch coming at Milwaukee by a final score of 2-1. They have scored more than 3 runs just ONCE since September 17th. It won’t get any easier for the Cincinnati offense tonight facing Chicago rookie Wesneski who has made 3 starts since getting called up in September, allowing just 4 ER’s in 18.1 innings in those 3 starts. Opponents are hitting just .198 off Wesneski since getting called up. Chicago will face Hunter Greene who has made 3 starts since coming off the injured list. Those have been solid starts for Greene, but the fact is, because Cincinnati’s offense has been so poor, they’ve lost all 3 of those outings. Greene has made 23 starts this season and the Reds have won 5 of those starts. FIVE! He’s the Cubs twice this season pitching a total of 9 innings allowing 8 ER’s. Cincy continues to have one of the worst bullpens in MLB with an ERA of 4.66 and over their last 10 that number balloons to 5.36. The Cubs bullpen has been outstanding as of late with an ERA of 2.12 their last 10. We feel this is a very solid value play on the Cubs who should be favored in this one.