At Wrigley Field on Thursday, the Chicago Cubs (three straight wins) take on the Milwaukee Brewers at 2:20 p.m. ET.
The Cubs are favored (-156 moneyline odds) when they take on the Brewers (+130). The Chicago Cubs will give the start to Jameson Taillon (7-3, 3.48 ERA), who is looking for win No. 8 on the season, and the Brewers will turn to Jacob Misiorowski (1-0, 0.00 ERA).
These squads meet again following the Cubs’ 5-3 victory over the Brewers Tuesday. Ben Brown (5.0 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 5 K) picked up the win for the Cubs. Pete Crow-Armstrong went 1 for 2 with a home run and an RBI to lead the team on offense. Chad Patrick (5.0 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 5 K) was credited with the loss on the mound for the Brewers.
Ahead of this Cubs vs. Brewers showdown, here is everything you need to prepare for Thursday’s MLB action, including viewing options.
Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers odds, line and spread
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Favorite: Cubs (-156, bet $156 to win $100)Underdog: Brewers (+130, bet $100 to win $130)Over/under: 8Cubs vs. Brewers: Game time and live stream infoGame day: Thursday, June 19, 2025Game time: 2:20 p.m. ETLocation: Chicago, IllinoisStadium: Wrigley FieldTV channel: MARQ and FDSWILive stream: Watch LIVE with Fubo! (Regional restrictions may apply)
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Cubs stats and trendsCubs betting recordsThis season, the Cubs have been favored 50 times and won 36, or 72%, of those games.Chicago has a record of 17-6 in games when bookmakers favor them by at least -156 on the moneyline.The Cubs have a 60.9% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.Chicago and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 36 of 73 opportunities.The Cubs are 38-35-0 ATS in their 73 games with a spread this season.Jameson Taillon (Cubs probable starter)The Cubs will send Taillon (7-3) to the mound to make his 15th start of the season. He is 7-3 with a 3.48 ERA and 65 strikeouts through 82 2/3 innings pitched.The right-hander’s most recent appearance came on Friday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, when he went 6 1/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up four hits.In 14 games this season, the 33-year-old has put up a 3.48 ERA and 7.1 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .212 to his opponents.Taillon is seeking his seventh quality start in a row.Taillon will try to prolong a seven-game streak of lasting five or more innings (he’s averaging 5.9 innings per outing).He has surrendered at least one earned run in each of his appearances.He will face a Brewers squad that is hitting .237 as a unit (23rd in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .366 (28th in MLB) with 66 total home runs (25th in MLB).Taillon has thrown six innings, giving up two earned runs on three hits while striking out five against the Brewers this season.This season, the 33-year-old ranks 35th in ERA (3.48), 10th in WHIP (.980), and 53rd in K/9 (7.1) among pitchers who qualify.Cubs batting statsThe Cubs rank fifth in Major League Baseball with 99 home runs.Hitters for Chicago rank fourth in the majors with a combined .436 team slugging percentage.The Cubs rank sixth in MLB with a .254 team batting average.Chicago has scored 390 runs this season, which ranks second in MLB.The Cubs have an on-base percentage of .324 this season, which ranks eighth in the league.Chicago ranks 11th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 7.9 whiffs per contest.Brewers stats and trendsBrewers betting recordsThe Brewers have been chosen as underdogs in 37 games this year and have walked away with the win 14 times (37.8%) in those games.This year, Milwaukee has won four of 11 games when listed as at least +130 or worse on the moneyline.The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Brewers have a 43.5% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.Milwaukee and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 27 of its 74 opportunities.The Brewers are 37-37-0 against the spread in their 74 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.Jacob Misiorowski (Brewers probable starter)The Brewers will send Misiorowski (1-0) to make his second start of the season.The righty last pitched on Thursday against the St. Louis Cardinals, when he went five scoreless innings without surrendering a hit.In one game this season, he has compiled a 0.00 ERA and averages 9 strikeouts per nine innings while opposing batters are hitting .000 against him.The opposing Cubs offense has a collective .254 batting average, and is fifth in the league with 643 total hits and second in MLB action with 390 runs scored. They have the fourth-ranked slugging percentage (.436) and are fifth in all of MLB with 99 home runs.Brewers batting statsThe Brewers rank 25th in MLB action with 66 total home runs.So far this season, Milwaukee has the third-lowest slugging percentage in the majors (.366).The Brewers have the 23rd-ranked batting average in the majors (.237).The offense for Milwaukee is the No. 12 offense in the majors, scoring 4.3 runs per game (319 total runs).The Brewers’ .313 on-base percentage is 19th in the majors.