Cubs vs. Cardinals Odds & Betting Predictions - May 31, 2026

Cubs at Cardinals

11:20 pm • NBC/Peacock

Chicago Cubs

33-31

1 - 5

St. Louis Cardinals

33-28

pitcher		team	era	w-l
M.Liberatore			4.36	3-3
J.Wicks			15.63	0-2

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Cubs 33-31	-1.5	-1.5+156	o8.5-115	+100
Cardinals 33-28	u8.5	-2.5+100	u8.5+100	-120

Sunday 11:20 p.m.

May 31, 2026

Busch StadiumSt. Louis

J.Walker o0.5 HR (Live)+440

Under 8.5-115

1.74u

Over 8.5-105

Under 8.5-113

1.11u

Over 8.5-105

2.1u

STL -110

0.91u

Join Discord for earlier access: https://discord.gg/HjKxYKdSUy Chicago's listed starter has only 4.1 innings this season with a 16.62 ERA and 2.31 WHIP. St. Louis gets the steadier workload profile with Liberatore at 56.2 innings and 11 starts. The Cardinals already lead the season series 2-1, and Chicago is 14-16 away from home.

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MLB Public Betting

Cardinals are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Cardinals are 4-1 in their last 5 games against the spread
Cardinals are 17-11 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Cardinals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 16 of Cardinals' 33 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	37-24	20-13	17-11	6-3	31-20
Cubs	24-40	12-21	12-19	15-27	9-13

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Cardinals	26-31-4	16-15-2	10-16-2	3-5-1	22-26-3
Cubs	36-28	18-15	18-13	22-20	14-8

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cardinals	33-28	17-16	16-12	6-3	27-24
Cubs	33-31	19-14	14-17	23-19	10-12

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
May 30th	CHC	L 1-6	+1.5 L	U 8	CHC +111
May 29th	CHC	W 6-5	+1.5 W	O 7.5	STL +113
May 27th	@MIL	L 1-2	+1.5 W	U 8	MIL +149
May 26th	@MIL	L 0-6	+1.5 L	U 8	MIL +179
May 25th	@MIL	L 1-5	+1.5 L	U 7.5	MIL +193

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
LJ.Wicks, P	49	2	1	3
RE.Roberts, P	22	1	2	2
RT.Thornton, P	28	2	1	0
RP.Maton, P	14	1	1	0
LR.Rolison, P	34	2	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1N.Hoerner, 2B	1-4	0	0	0
2P.Crow-Armstrong, CF	1-4	0	0	0
3A.Bregman, 3B	1-4	1	1	1
4S.Suzuki, RF	0-4	0	0	0
5I.Happ, LF	0-4	0	0	0
6C.Kelly, C	0-4	0	0	0
7M.Busch, 1B	2-4	0	0	0
8K.Alcantara, DH	1-2	0	0	0
8M.Conforto, PH	1-2	0	0	0
8M.Conforto, DH	1-2	0	0	0
9D.Swanson, SS	0-2	0	0	0

PITCHER		PC	IP	K	ER
LM.Liberatore, P		85	5.1	4	0
RH.Dobbins, P		61	3.2	4	1

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI
1J.Wetherholt, 2B	2-3	2	0
2I.Herrera, DH	2-3	2	0
3J.Walker, RF	1-4	0	1
4N.Velazquez, LF	1-4	0	0
5A.Burleson, 1B	1-3	1	2
6M.Winn, SS	1-4	0	2
7J.Fermin, CF	0-3	0	0
7V.Scott, CF	0-1	0	0
8T.Saggese, 3B	0-1	0	0
8N.Gorman, PH	0-1	0	0
8N.Gorman, 3B	0-1	0	0
9P.Pages, C	0-2	0	0