St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs - Live Score - July 05, 2026 | FOX Sports

Cubs will need to slow down Wetherholt (3-4, HR in last game) as they welcome Cardinals (Liberatore 4-5, 5.33)

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS

#32 LHP M. Liberatore

4-5 5.34 ERA

vs

#72 RHP J. Assad

6-1 4.53 ERA

LINEUP

CARDINALS

BATTING
1	JJ Wetherholt ^2B
2	Ivan Herrera ^C
3	Alec Burleson ^1B
4	Jordan Walker ^RF
5	Lars Nootbaar ^LF
6	Masyn Winn ^SS
7	Nathan Church ^CF
8	José Fermín ^3B
9	Bryan Torres ^DH

PITCHING
SP	Matthew Liberatore _(4-5)

CUBS

BATTING
1	Pete Crow-Armstrong ^CF
2	Alex Bregman ^3B
3	Seiya Suzuki ^RF
4	Carson Kelly ^C
5	Michael Busch ^1B
6	Nico Hoerner ^2B
7	Ian Happ ^LF
8	Dansby Swanson ^SS
9	Kevin Alcantara ^DH

PITCHING
SP	Javier Assad _(6-1)

TEAM STATS

STL 3RD NL CENTRAL

4.6 R 5.0

.248 AVG .244

98 HR 112

56 SB 60

4.14 ERA 4.36

.252 OAV .244

CHC 2ND NL CENTRAL

TEAM LEADERS

STL

.291

AVG

Pete Crow-Armstrong

.289

19

HR

Pete Crow-Armstrong

19

63

RBI

57

Michael McGreevy

3.12

ERA

4.28

10

W

6

Matthew Liberatore

79

K

100

CHC

PREVIOUS GAMES

STL


7/4	@CHC	W3-0
7/3	@CHC	W17-1
7/2	@ATL	W11-5
7/1	@ATL	L5-1
6/30	@ATL	W5-3

CHC


7/4	STL	L3-0
7/3	STL	L17-1
7/1	SD	W23-3
6/30	SD	W9-7
6/29	SD	W3-2

RUN LINE

The Cubs must win by 2 runs or more to cover the run line

+1.5

STL

-1.5

CHC

TEAM TO WIN

A bet of $100 would win $223 total if the Cardinals win and a bet of $150 would win $250 total if the Cubs win

+123

STL

-150

CHC

TOTAL

The combined final score of both teams is set at 8

-112

OVER 8

-110

UNDER 8

PLAYER NEWS

Dustin May STL - P

May (ankle) is scheduled to start Monday's game against the Brewers, Daniel Guerrero of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Jimmy Crooks STL #8 - C

Crooks is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs.

Shota Imanaga CHC #18 - P

Imanaga (5-7) took the loss Saturday against the Cardinals, allowing two runs on four hits and three walks in 4.2 innings. He struck out eight.

Michael Conforto CHC #20 - DH

Conforto is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cardinals.

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