Houston at Chicago

The Chicago Cubs took a longtime to get things going this season, but are making their long anticipated run right now. The Cubs have now won five straight and nine of their last 11, playing their best baseball of the season. They haven't just been sneaking away wins as 12 of their last 13 wins have been by two runs or more. Houston has cooled off after a hot stretch of their own, and lost two straight to the Mets and the opener of this series by a combined score of 23-7. The pitching has been flat, and so has the offense. The Cubs are riding high at home with an 82-37 mark in their last 119 as a favorite, good enough to back strong runline odds here. I will go with the Cubs on the runline here.