St Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs 9/6/20 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The St Louis Cardinals will play the fourth game of a five-game Series on the road Sunday against National League Central rival the Chicago Cubs. St Louis dropped to 14-15 following its 4-1 on Friday in the opening game of the series with the Cubs. The loss was St Louis’ second straight and sixth and its last nine. The Cardinals are now tied for second place in the NL Central 4 ½ games behind the first-place Cubs. With four more consecutive games to be played head-to-head with Cubs, this series is very important for the Cardinals.

First baseman Paul Goldschmidt is batting .326 to lead St Louis and has team-highs in hits with 30 and on-base percentage at .466. Third baseman Brad Miller is leading St. Louis in home runs with five and RBIs with 19. On Sunday, St Louis will send Kwang-Hyun Kim to the mound.The left-hander is 2-0 with an ERA of 0.83, 11 Ks and 6 BBs.

Chicago improved to 23-15 with its victory on Friday in the opening game of the series. The Cubs lead both St Louis and the Milwaukee Brewers by 4 ½  games atop the NL Central. In Friday's victory, starting pitcher Yu Darvish threw 11 strikeouts for his seventh consecutive victory. Chicago has won four of its last five. Willson Contreras had three hits and drove in four runs for Chicago.

Center fielder Ian Happ is batting .311 to lead Chicago and has team highs in RBIs with 22, hits with 38 and on-base percentage at .421. Left fielder Kyle Schwarber is leading Chicago in home runs with 10. On Sunday, the Chicago Cubs will send Jon Lester to the mound. The left-hander is 2-1 with an ERA of 5.11, 25 Ks and 8 BBs.