Friday, September 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM EDT

MLB

Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati Reds

CHC @ CIN

CHC4

CIN6

Final

Moneyline

CHC

55%

45%

CIN

-135+110

Total (O/U)

8.5

BetMGM

Venue

Park Factor

1.05

Neutral

Away Starter

Team:Chicago Cubs (CHC)

Pitcher:Clay Holmes(RHP)

Record:6-8

ERA:3.29

Home Starter

Team:Cincinnati Reds (CIN)

Pitcher:Chase Burns(RHP)

Record:15-3

ERA:2.86

Betting Insights

Key takeaways for this matchup

Pitching matchup: Clay Holmes (3.29 ERA) vs Chase Burns (2.86 ERA).

Player Props

Player props for this game

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Box Score

Final game statistics

Chicago Cubs (CHC)

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR
Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF	5	0	0	0	0	3	0
Seiya SuzukiRF	5	0	1	2	0	3	0
Michael Busch1B	3	0	0	0	2	1	0
Alex Bregman3B	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ian HappLF	4	1	1	1	0	1	1
Nico Hoerner2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
Michael ConfortoDH	4	0	3	0	0	0	0
Carson KellyC	2	1	2	1	1	0	0
Dansby SwansonSS	3	1	1	0	1	1	0

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Javier Assad	1.2	4	0	0	0	1	34
Jacob Webb	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	12
Clay Holmes	5.1	3	6	6	5	4	97

Cincinnati Reds (CIN)

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carlos JorgeCF	3	2	1	0	1	0
Elly De La CruzSS	2	2	2	0	2	0
Sal Stewart1B	3	0	1	1	0	0
Tyler StephensonDH	3	0	1	1	1	2
JJ BledayRF	3	1	1	0	1	1
Eugenio Suárez3B	4	1	1	1	0	1
Héctor RodríguezRF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jose TrevinoC	4	0	1	2	0	1
Matt McLain2B	3	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC
Emilio Pagán	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	18
Tejay Antone	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	14
Julian Aguiar	3.0	4	2	2	1	2	54
Brock Burke	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13
Chase Burns	3.0	4	2	2	2	4	67

Pitcher Matchup Analysis

Platoon splits, recent form, and times through the order

Clay Holmes (CHC)

2026 season

vs CIN

ERA

10.13

5.1

W-L

0-1

WHIP

1.57

AVG

.176

Split	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	AVG	IP
Overall	3.29	1.20	6.9	3.7	.213	101.1
Home	1.94	1.15	7.4	3.1	.215	46.1
Away	4.42	1.24	6.5	4.3	.211	55.0
Last 7 Days	4.15	1.95	6.6	6.6	.294	4.1
Last 30 Days	6.31	1.63	8.2	6.1	.247	25.2

Opponent Batting by Handedness

Split	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
vs LHB	.225	.305	.333	.638	231	48
vs RHB	.193	.278	.250	.528	140	30

Times Through Order

Time	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
1st Time	.194	.269	.271	.540	144	34
2nd Time	.229	.309	.292	.600	144	32
3rd Time	.217	.316	.373	.689	83	12

Chase Burns (CIN)

2026 season

vs CHC

ERA

4.15

8.2

W-L

1-0

WHIP

1.59

AVG

.270

Split	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	AVG	IP
Overall	2.86	1.17	10.8	3.3	.218	154.1
Home	2.24	1.14	9.7	3.8	.201	76.1
Away	3.46	1.19	11.9	2.8	.233	78.0
Last 30 Days	3.68	1.34	13.3	4.4	.214	14.2

Opponent Batting by Handedness

Split	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
vs LHB	.234	.321	.413	.734	351	116
vs RHB	.192	.230	.274	.504	219	69

Times Through Order

Time	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	AB	K
1st Time	.198	.275	.291	.566	237	85
2nd Time	.205	.283	.364	.646	220	72
3rd Time	.283	.325	.496	.821	113	28

Last 5 Games

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Season Series

This Series (3 games)

CHC win series 2-1

Season (13 games)

CHC lead series 7-4

Weather

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Recent Odds

Latest betting lines from various books

Moneyline

Book	Away	Home	Time
BetMGM	-135	+110	2:48 PM
BetRivers	-125	+105	2:48 PM
DraftKings	-135	+112	2:48 PM
BetUS	-127	+116	2:48 PM
BetOnline.ag	-127	+115	2:48 PM

Totals

Book	Total	Over	Under	Time
BetMGM	8.5	+100	-120	2:48 PM
BetRivers	8.5	-108	-114	2:48 PM
DraftKings	8.5	+101	-122	2:48 PM
BetUS	8.5	+100	-120	2:48 PM
BetOnline.ag	8.5	+100	-120	2:48 PM