Cubs vs. Astros Odds & Betting Predictions - May 18, 2023

Cubs at Astros

12:10 am • SportsNet SW

Chicago Cubs

10-4

6 - 7

Houston Astros

8-7

pitcher		team	era	w-l
J.France			3.83	11-6
D.Smyly			5.00	11-11

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Cubs 10-4	+1.5-140	o8.5-110	+145
Astros 8-7	-1.5+115	u8.5-110	-175

Thursday 12:10 a.m.

May 18, 2023

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Over 8.5-114

J.France u17.5 Outs-130

Third career MLB start - was under in 1/2. Tough matchup vs Cubs who see a ton of pitches - 4.09 pitches per PA leads MLB, and have kept 17/L24 non-opener RH starters under this line.

Over 8.5-115

0.5u

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The Astros are 10-6 (.625) vs the top 10 runs allowed teams this season -- tied for 3rd best in MLB; League Avg: .413.

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MLB Public Betting

Astros are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Astros are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Astros are 41-39 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Astros' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 37 of Astros' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Astros	81-80	40-41	41-39	56-60	23-19
Cubs	79-83	36-45	43-38	33-50	45-32

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Astros	65-91-5	37-41-3	28-50-2	45-66-5	18-24
Cubs	75-81-6	34-46-1	41-35-5	40-39-4	34-41-2

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Astros	88-73	46-35	42-38	66-50	20-22
Cubs	83-79	44-37	39-42	45-38	37-40

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
May 17th	CHC	W 7-3	-1.5 W	O 7.5	HOU -180
May 16th	CHC	W 6-4	-1.5 W	O 7.5	HOU -196
May 14th	@CWS	W 4-3	-1.5 L	U 7.5	HOU -130
May 13th	@CWS	L 1-3	+1.5 L	U 8.5	CWS +110
May 13th	@CWS	W 5-1	-1.5 W	U 8.5	HOU -154

Lance McCullers
P
McCullers is out with arm
Out
Taylor Trammell
OF
Trammell is out with calf
Out
Cristian Javier
P
Javier is out with elbow
Out
Luis Garcia
P
Garcia is out with elbow
Out
Pedro Leon
OF
Leon is out with knee
Out
J.P. France
P
France is out with shoulder
Out

Nico Hoerner
IF
Hoerner is out with elbow
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
LD.Smyly, P	84	6	8	1
RA.Alzolay, P	18	1	1	0
RM.Leiter, P	22	1	3	2
RK.Thompson, P	9	0	0	3
LB.Hughes, P	8	0.1	0	1

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1C.Morel, CF	3-5	2	1	1
2D.Swanson, SS	1-6	1	0	1
3I.Happ, LF	2-3	1	0	1
4S.Suzuki, RF	3-3	2	2	3
5P.Wisdom, 3B	1-5	0	0	0
6M.Mervis, 1B	0-5	0	0	0
7T. Mancini, DH	2-5	0	0	0
8Y.Gomes, C	0-5	0	0	0
9M.Mastrobuoni, 2B	1-2	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RJ.France, P	72	3.2	2	6
RS.Martinez, P	19	1.1	1	0
RR.Stanek, P	24	1	2	0
RR.Montero, P	20	1	1	0
RH.Neris, P	17	1	1	0
RB.Abreu, P	22	1	2	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1J.Pena, SS	2-5	2	0	0
2A.Bregman, 3B	3-4	3	1	2
3Y.Alvarez, LF	0-5	0	0	0
4K.Tucker, DH	3-5	0	0	2
5J.Abreu, 1B	1-4	0	0	1
6C.McCormick, RF	0-4	0	0	0
7Y.Diaz, C	2-4	1	0	0
8J.Meyers, CF	2-4	1	1	2
9D.Hensley, 2B	0-3	0	0	0
9M.Dubon, PH	0-0	0	0	0