Astros vs. Cubs Odds & Betting Predictions - May 22, 2026

Astros at Cubs

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Houston Astros

Chicago Cubs

pitcher		team	era	w-l
J.Taillon			4.97	2-3
S.Arrighetti			1.50	5-1

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Astros 20-31	+1.5	+1.5-190	o7-113	+118
Cubs 29-21	u7.5	-1.5+155	u7-108	-143

Friday 6:20 p.m.

May 22, 2026

Wrigley FieldChicago

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S.Arrighetti o16.5 Outs-108

1.08u

Under 7.5-130

1.3u

HOU +125

Over 7-110

0.55u

(DK) Bucking the weather trends here because both pitchers have xERAs within 0.1 of 5.00 and SIERAs within 0.17 of 4.50. Both offenses > 110 wRC+ Hm/Rd & > 105 v RHP. Both proj. Lus > 110 v RHP since LY. Two solid defenses (CHC maybe beset), but also a pair of bottom third of the league pen estimators L30 days (HOU 2nd worst).

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MLB Public Betting

Cubs are 0-5 in their last 5 games.
Cubs are 0-5 in their last 5 games against the spread
Cubs are 9-15 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 3 of Cubs' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 14 of Cubs' 26 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cubs	21-29	12-14	9-15	14-18	7-11
Astros	20-31	11-15	9-16	4-11	16-19

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Cubs	28-22	14-12	14-10	17-15	11-7
Astros	27-20-4	16-9-1	11-11-3	9-6	17-14-4

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Cubs	29-21	18-8	11-13	21-11	8-10
Astros	20-31	12-14	8-17	5-10	15-20

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
May 20th	MIL	L 0-5	+1.5 L	U 6.5	MIL -112
May 19th	MIL	L 2-5	+1.5 L	U 7.5	MIL +103
May 18th	MIL	L 3-9	-1.5 L	O 10.5	MIL -161
May 17th	@CWS	L 8-9	-1.5 L	O 9	CWS -131
May 16th	@CWS	L 3-8	-1.5 L	O 8.5	CWS -108

Lance McCullers
SP
Lance McCullers Jr. has been scratched Tuesday. Jason Alexander will start.
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Tyler Austin
1B
Austin is out with knee
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Justin Steele
SP
Steele is out with elbow
Out
Jordan Wicks
SP
Wicks is out with arm
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PITCHER		W-L	ERA	WHIP	K/9
RS.Arrighetti, P		5-1	1.50	1.194	8.75

HITTERS	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR
1J.Pena, SS	.259	.305	.333	0
2I.Paredes, 3B	.244	.333	.378	5
3Y.Alvarez, DH	.303	.412	.605	15
4C.Walker, 1B	.255	.330	.489	11
5J.Meyers, CF	.227	.300	.341	1
6Z.Cole, LF	.186	.205	.419	3
7C.Smith, RF	.206	.299	.319	4
8B.Shewmake, 2B	.291	.291	.491	3
9C.Vazquez, C	.247	.316	.393	3

PITCHER		W-L	ERA	WHIP	K/9
RJ.Taillon, P		2-3	4.97	1.204	7.46

HITTERS	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR
1N.Hoerner, 2B	.264	.348	.391	4
2M.Busch, 1B	.233	.360	.375	4
3A.Bregman, 3B	.249	.332	.350	4
4I.Happ, LF	.215	.353	.429	10
5S.Suzuki, RF	.269	.369	.455	7
6M.Conforto, DH	.322	.431	.610	3
7C.Kelly, C	.297	.381	.398	2
8P.Crow-Armstrong, CF	.225	.302	.357	5
9D.Swanson, SS	.191	.295	.358	7