The Cardinals are coming into this game with a 47-41 record this season and they have not been playing in many high scoring games recently. They have seen 7 runs total or less in their last 4 straight games and their offense has been awful as they have not scored a run in their last 3 games, but they will be hungry to bounce back and this is a good spot for them to score some runs. They are going up against a Cubs team that is 52-35 this season and they have not been playing in many high scoring games recently either. They have seen 9 runs total or less in their last 4 straight games, but their offense has scored at least 5 runs in 2 of their last 3 games and they are going to be able to score more in this game. Miles Mikolas is starting for the Cardinals in this game and he is 4-5 with a 4.76 ERA this season. He has not been pitching well recently as he allowed 6 earned runs in his last start as well as allowing at least 6 earned runs in 2 of his last 4 starts, and he has allowed at least 2 earned runs in his last 6 straight. He has been worse on the road recently as well, allowing at least 4 earned runs in 2 of his last 3 road starts, and he has not been good against the Cubs over the last 2 seasons with 21 earned runs allowed in 31 innings. Colin Rea is starting for the Cubs in this game and he is 5-3 with a 4.37 ERA this season. He has not been awful in his recent starts, but he has still allowed 9 earned runs total in his last 2 starts and he has allowed at least 4 earned runs in 4 of his last 7 starts. He has not been that great at home either, allowing 7 earned runs in his last start there and allowing at least 6 earned runs in 2 of his last 3 home starts. He has also struggled in his 9 career starts against the Cardinals as he is 1-3 with a 4.37 ERA. The Cardinals are going to be hungry to bounce back after getting shut out and swept in 3 games by the Pirates and this is a great game for them to score some runs, but the Cubs also have one of the better offenses in the league and will put up their own runs as well. Between these two sides, there will be enough runs in this game to push it over the total.