Chicago Cubs (62-84, third in the NL Central) vs. Miami Marlins (60-87, fourth in the NL East)
Miami; Monday, 6:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Wade Miley (1-0, 2.89 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 23 strikeouts); Marlins: Edward Cabrera (5-3, 2.70 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 63 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Marlins -142, Cubs +120; over/under is 7 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs will try to keep a three-game road win streak alive when they visit the Miami Marlins.
Miami has a 60-87 record overall and a 29-43 record in home games. The Marlins have a 27-65 record in games when they have given up at least one home run.
Chicago is 62-84 overall and 31-40 in road games. The Cubs have hit 146 total home runs to rank 10th in the NL.
The matchup Monday is the fourth time these teams match up this season.
TOP PERFORMERS:
Patrick Wisdom leads the Cubs with 22 home runs while slugging .422. Zach McKinstry is 9-for-35 with a double, two triples, two home runs and three RBI over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Marlins: 3-7, .226 batting average, 5.22 ERA, outscored by 16 runs
Cubs: 5-5, .231 batting average, 2.60 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs
INJURIES: Marlins: Trevor Rogers: day-to-day (lat), Tommy Nance: 15-Day IL (groin), Jorge Soler: 60-Day IL (back), Avisail Garcia: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Anthony Bender: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Holloway: 60-Day IL (elbow), Daniel Castano: 7-Day IL (concussion), Max Meyer: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jazz Chisholm: 60-Day IL (back), Cody Poteet: 60-Day IL (elbow), Paul Campbell: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sean Guenther: 60-Day IL (arm)
Cubs: Rafael Ortega: 60-Day IL (finger), Nico Hoerner: day-to-day (tricep), Nick Madrigal: 10-Day IL (groin), Willson Contreras: 10-Day IL (foot), Justin Steele: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), Alec Mills: 60-Day IL (back), Steven Brault: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Kyle Hendricks: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jason Heyward: 60-Day IL (knee), Keegan Thompson: 15-Day IL (back), Ethan Roberts: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Codi Heuer: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brad Wieck: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
