St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs 8/24/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Chicago Cubs continue their five game home series against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cubs beat the Cardinals 2-0 in the first game of a double header on Tuesday. Nico Hoerner and Seiya Suzuki each contributed an RBI. The Cubs are 3rd in the NL Central. 

Luke Farrell will make his first appearance on the mound for the Cubs on Wednesday. Farrell is being called up from Triple-A and made 20 game appearances last season with Minnesota.. The Chicago Cubs are allowing 4.7 runs per game which ranks 24th in the MLB. 

The St. Louis Cardinals are the leaders of the NL Central. The Cardinals have won eight of their last ten games. St. Louis is averaging 4.9 runs per game which ranks 3rd best in the league. Paul Goldschimidt leads the Cards in both hits and home runs. 

Miles Mikolas will make his 26th start on the mound for the Cardinals. Mikolas is 10-9 on the season with 157.1 innings pitched. Mikolas has 118 strikeouts and carries a 3.32 ERA. Mikolas pitched 8 innings in each of his last two starts.