MLB Sports Odds: Betting Picks Favor Cubs vs Phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies will try to win their fifth straight game on the road tonight at 8:05pm EST vs the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field as MLB baseball continues its season after 2010 All Star break. Online sportsbooks have the Cubs -130 favorites in MLB sports odds vs the Phillies +120 with the over/under baseball betting total sitting at 8.5 OVER (-115). Chicago -1.5 (+155) is also favored in MLB betting picks on the run line vs Philadelphia +1.5 (-175). The Cubs will send righthander Ryan Dempsey to the mound with a 7-7 record this season and 4.51 ERA while the Phillies will counter with lefthander Jamie Moyer who has gone 9-8 with a 4.51 ERA this year.

Philadelphia swept the Cincinnati Reds at home winning all four games before the All Star break and now face four more games on the road in Chicago before heading out to St. Louis to take on the Cardinals in a four game set. The Phillies defeated the Reds 1-0 on Sunday as -165 betting favorites in MLB sports odds while the total stayed UNDER the 9 posted at online sportsbooks. The Cubs lost 7-0 to the Los Angeles Dodgers last Sunday as +135 underdogs while the total also stayed UNDER the 8.5 at sportsbooks.

Heading into tonight's game, the Phillies have gone 47-40 in MLB sports odds for the season, 6-4 when playing on Thursday and 5-5 after a win. Philadelphia is 5-0 in their last 5 games when playing on the road against the Cubs, 4-1 in their last 5 games and 4-1 in their last 5 games when playing Chicago. The Cubs have gone 39-50 on the season, 6-4 when playing on Thursday and 6-4 after a loss. The Cubs are 1-4 in MLB betting odds for their last 5 games at home while total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia.