Cubs vs. Cardinals Probable Starting Pitchers Today – August 4

By Lineups Staff | Aug 04, 2024, 1:40pm | Updated: 3 weeks ago

The Chicago Cubs (54-59) are looking for another strong showing from a batter on a hot streak versus the St. Louis Cardinals (57-54) on Sunday at 7:10 PM ET, at Wrigley Field. Michael Busch is riding a two-game homer streak.

The probable starters are Justin Steele (2-5) for the Cubs and Miles Mikolas (8-8) for the Cardinals.

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Cubs vs. Cardinals Pitcher Matchup Info

Date: Sunday, August 4, 2024
Time: 7:10 PM ET
TV: ESPN
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Venue: Wrigley Field
Live Stream: Fubo
Probable Pitchers: Steele – CHC (2-5, 3.38 ERA) vs Mikolas – STL (8-8, 4.99 ERA)

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Cubs Probable Starting Pitcher Today: Justin Steele

The Cubs will hand the ball to Steele (2-5) for his 18th start of the season.
The left-hander last pitched on Tuesday, when he gave up five earned runs and allowed six hits in five innings against the Cincinnati Reds.
The 29-year-old has pitched in 17 games this season with a 3.38 ERA and 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings with a batting average against of .223.
He has started 17 games this season, earning a quality start (6 or more IP, 3 or fewer ER) in eight of them.
Steele has two starts in a row of five innings or more.
In 17 appearances this season, he has finished four without allowing an earned run.

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Cardinals Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Miles Mikolas

Mikolas (8-8) takes the mound first for the Cardinals in his 23rd start of the season. He’s put together a 4.99 ERA in 124 1/3 innings pitched, with 83 strikeouts.
The righty last appeared on Sunday, July 28 against the Washington Nationals, when he went six innings, allowing three earned runs while giving up seven hits.
The 35-year-old has put up an ERA of 4.99, with 6 strikeouts per nine innings in 22 games this season. Opponents are batting .275 against him.
Mikolas is looking to claim his third quality start in a row in this matchup.
Mikolas will try to last five or more innings for his sixth straight start. He’s averaging 5.6 frames per outing.
He has had two appearances this season in which he did not allow an earned run.
This season, the 35-year-old ranks 65th in ERA (4.99), 44th in WHIP (1.231), and 68th in K/9 (6) among qualifying pitchers.

Miles Mikolas vs. Cubs

He will face a Cubs offense that is batting .233 as a unit (24th in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .380 (23rd in the league) with 113 total home runs (22nd in MLB action).
Head-to-head against the Cubs this season, Mikolas has pitched 17 2/3 innings, giving up 10 earned runs on 16 hits while striking out 13.

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