How to watch Cubs vs. Cardinals: TV channel and streaming options for July 30

The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs clash on Thursday at 2:15 p.m. ET. Andre Pallante (11-6, 3.77 ERA) will start for the Cardinals, who are 54-54 this season and fourth in the NL Central. Javier Assad (6-1, 3.86 ERA) is expected to start for the Cubs, who are 61-47 and second in the NL Central.

How to watch Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Cubs vs. Cardinals odds

• Favorite Moneyline: Cardinals -120
• Underdog Moneyline: Cubs +100
• Total: 8.5
• Total Over Odds: -110
• Total Under Odds: -110

Injury reports

Cardinals

JoJo Romero: 15 Day IL (Appendix), Ramón Urías: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Max Rajcic: 60 Day IL (Elbow)

Cubs

Matt Shaw: 10 Day IL (Hand), Daniel Palencia: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Hoby Milner: 15 Day IL (Appendicitis), Phil Maton: 15 Day IL (Knee), Ben Brown: 15 Day IL (Neck), Ethan Roberts: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Edward Cabrera: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Riley Martin: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Porter Hodge: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Justin Steele: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Shelby Miller: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Hunter Harvey: 60 Day IL (Tricep), Cade Horton: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Christopher Austin: 60 Day IL (Knee)

Stats to know

• St. Louis’ Jordan Walker is slashing .282/.344/.500 this season with 22 home runs (17th in MLB), 78 RBIs (3rd in MLB) and an OPS of .844. He has a 24.6% strikeout rate and an 8.2% walk rate in 451 plate appearances, and he has scored 67 total runs. Walker has recorded 14 steals on 19 attempts.
• In 453 plate appearances, Alec Burleson has hit 15 long balls, tallied 71 RBIs (8th in MLB) and scored 57 runs. He is batting .285/.344/.462 and has posted a 15.7% strikeout rate and a 7.7% walk rate.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong is hitting for a .284 BA, .382 OBP and .538 SLG with a 26.5% strikeout rate and an 11.6% walk rate. His OPS is .920, which ranks 8th in MLB, and he has scored 71 runs. In 475 plate appearances, he has hit 24 home runs (10th in MLB) and driven in 63 runs. Crow-Armstrong has recorded 26 steals on 33 attempts.
• In 470 plate appearances, Nico Hoerner has slashed .253/.317/.348 this season. He has hit five long balls and driven in 50 runs with a strikeout rate of 8.3% and a walk rate of 7.9%. He has stolen 15 bases on 18 attempts and has scored 45 runs.

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