Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs Betting Preview

The Chicago Cubs host the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night for game two of a series in the National League. Philadelphia won the series opener by a score of 13-3 in a game that was close until the late innings.

The National League East Division continues to be a tight race, and the Phillies are right in the thick of things. Philadelphia brings a 40-42 record into this game and are just 4.5 games out of first place.

Chicago was in first place in the NL Central just two weeks ago, but the Cubs are now out of the race completely. The Cubs have now suffered ten straight losses, and things have unraveled in a hurry for this squad.

The Philadelphia Phillies are -130 in Game 2 of this series against the Chicago Cubs.

Phillies Must Improve on Offense

The Phillies must find a way to be more consistent on offense if they are going to make a run at the NL East title. Philadelphia put up 13 runs in the series opener but are still below league average in most offensive categories.

Rhys Hoskins belted a home run on Monday night, and he leads the Phillies with 19 home runs and 49 RBIs. Bryce Harper leads the Phillies with a .267 batting average, but his power numbers are still down.

Aaron Nola starts on Tuesday night, and he is just 5-5 with a 4.44 ERA. Nola will be facing a struggling Cubs lineup, and this could be a dominating performance.

Cubs Need Arrieta to Deliver

Jake Arrieta will take the mound for the Cubs on Tuesday night, and his team could use a dominant performance from the veteran. Arrieta has gone just 5-8 with a 5.57 ERA so far in 2021, and he could be pitching his way out of the starting rotation.

Javier Baez drove in a pair of runs in the loss on Monday night, and he leads the Cubs with 19 home runs and 52 RBIs. The rest of this Cubs offense has really cooled off since a great month of May, and this team just can’t string hits together.

The bullpen has also struggled for the Cubs during this losing streak, and fatigue has played a role.

Phillies Pound Cubs Again

Things have gone from bad to worse for the Cubs over the past two weeks, and it appears that Chicago has started to give up. This team has finally started to get some better starting pitching, but now the offense has disappeared once again.

Philadelphia needs to keep racking up the wins, and they are catching the Cubs at a great time. The Phillies put together a great offensive performance in the series opener, and those bats should remain hot in this game.

The Cubs are heading to an 11th straight loss on Tuesday night as the miserable streak continues. Bet the Philadelphia Phillies -3.5 over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night as the road team wins this game by at least four runs.

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