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Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds prediction — July 11, 2026

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CHC
Chicago Cubs
5 - 3
Final
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CIN
Cincinnati Reds
53% Win Probability 47%
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GPT-5.6 Luna Pro
Winner
CHC 🔒
Total
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1st inn
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GPT-5.6 Sol Pro
Winner
CHC 🔒
Total
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1st inn
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Claude Opus 4.8
Winner
CHC 🔒
Total
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1st inn
GLM 5.2
Winner
CHC 🔒
Total
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1st inn
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Gemini 3.5 Flash
Winner
CHC 🔒
Total
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1st inn
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Grok 4.5
Winner
CHC 🔒
Total
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1st inn
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Claude Sonnet 5
Winner
CHC 🔒
Total
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1st inn
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Starting Pitchers

park ×1.00 · temp ×1.009 · expected total 9.0
78° · wind 5 mph L To R. · 92% humidity · night game · game 2 of series HP Dan Merzel runs ×1.01 K ×1.01
CHC starter Locked
4.11 ERA · 5.4 K/9
starter 4.02 R/9 over ~5.2 ip
bullpen 4.48 R/9 for the rest
expected to allow 4.26 runs
pen 4.77 FIP
CIN starter Locked
4.60 ERA · 7.2 K/9
starter 4.50 R/9 over ~5.2 ip
bullpen 4.98 R/9 for the rest
expected to allow 4.76 runs
pen 5.12 FIP

Each starter's baseline (shrunk to league by sample) blended with the bullpen over the park's typical starter innings, then scaled by park run factor and game-time temperature. Descriptive, not a market edge.

Head to Head 2026 season

6
CHC
7 games
8.9 avg runs
1
CIN

Team Data (season)

CHCCIN
54-42Record43-52
5.04Runs / g4.16
4.50Runs allowed / g4.79
46%Scored first41%
41%Cover -1.533%
67%Cover +1.557%

Form & Market Trends

CHC Chicago Cubs n 10/96/170
Winner & spread
L10 Szn Prev
Win 60% 56% 56%
Cover -1.5 60% 41% 41%
Cover +1.5 70% 67% 68%
Lead after 5 (F5 spread) 40% 38% 51%
Totals
L10 Szn Prev
Over 8.5 (game) 50% 55% 45%
Team over 4.5 60% 53% 43%
Team F5 over 2.5 40% 45% 47%
Run in 1st (RFI) 40% 40% 51%
Extra innings 0% 11% 6%
Race to N runs (first to score)
L10 Szn Prev
Race to 3 30% 48% 55%
Race to 4 50% 49% 48%
Race to 5 60% 45% 36%
Race to 6 40% 35% 31%
Race to 7 30% 31% 24%
CIN Cincinnati Reds n 10/95/164
Winner & spread
L10 Szn Prev
Win 40% 45% 51%
Cover -1.5 30% 33% 37%
Cover +1.5 50% 57% 64%
Lead after 5 (F5 spread) 50% 43% 40%
Totals
L10 Szn Prev
Over 8.5 (game) 40% 58% 44%
Team over 4.5 30% 38% 45%
Team F5 over 2.5 40% 40% 40%
Run in 1st (RFI) 40% 49% 49%
Extra innings 0% 11% 9%
Race to N runs (first to score)
L10 Szn Prev
Race to 3 50% 41% 49%
Race to 4 50% 40% 41%
Race to 5 20% 33% 36%
Race to 6 20% 27% 29%
Race to 7 20% 18% 20%

Cover -1.5 = won by 2+; Cover +1.5 = lost by ≤1 or won. F5 = first five innings. RFI = a run scored in the 1st. Race to N = team first to N runs. Descriptive; low-n splits are noisy.

Confirmed Lineups

Tap a batter for tonight's matchup splits — vs the opposing starter's hand, in the game's temperature, and at this park (vs their overall).

CHC Chicago Cubs Confirmed

1 Pete Crow-Armstrong L 0.765
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.253 0.718 12 89g
Mild (60–80°) 0.241 0.731 36 226g
at Great American Ball Park 0.172 0.536 2 17g
Overall 0.254 0.765 62 384g
2 Seiya Suzuki R 0.822
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.271 0.897 22 92g
Mild (60–80°) 0.255 0.818 46 214g
at Great American Ball Park 0.379 1.144 3 16g
Overall 0.263 0.822 71 371g
3 Alex Bregman R 0.760
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.229 0.706 15 101g
Mild (60–80°) 0.256 0.756 40 252g
at Great American Ball Park 0.263 0.984 2 5g
Overall 0.260 0.760 53 358g
4 Carson Kelly R 0.724
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.282 0.834 13 72g
Mild (60–80°) 0.239 0.692 18 164g
at Great American Ball Park 0.257 0.790 2 11g
Overall 0.249 0.724 33 280g
5 Michael Busch L 0.805
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.250 0.770 8 89g
Mild (60–80°) 0.222 0.731 30 239g
at Great American Ball Park 0.250 0.848 2 17g
Overall 0.252 0.805 70 410g
6 Nico Hoerner R 0.699
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.300 0.773 7 100g
Mild (60–80°) 0.260 0.672 14 232g
at Great American Ball Park 0.214 0.527 0 15g
Overall 0.276 0.699 19 409g
7 Ian Happ S 0.760
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.228 0.683 11 98g
Mild (60–80°) 0.225 0.718 35 230g
at Great American Ball Park 0.185 0.595 1 17g
Overall 0.235 0.760 67 403g
8 Dansby Swanson R 0.704
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.244 0.719 16 100g
Mild (60–80°) 0.227 0.684 28 234g
at Great American Ball Park 0.219 0.739 3 17g
Overall 0.234 0.704 56 408g
9 Miguel Amaya R 0.677
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs LHP 0.195 0.535 1 45g
Mild (60–80°) 0.252 0.704 9 119g
at Great American Ball Park 0.227 0.591 0 8g
Overall 0.240 0.677 15 197g

CIN Cincinnati Reds Confirmed

1 Elly De La Cruz S 0.797
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.266 0.799 39 292g
Mild (60–80°) 0.261 0.800 41 215g
at Great American Ball Park 0.282 0.853 32 199g
Overall 0.263 0.797 62 400g
2 Sal Stewart R 0.819
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.257 0.823 20 89g
Mild (60–80°) 0.261 0.777 10 71g
at Great American Ball Park 0.233 0.761 10 59g
Overall 0.258 0.819 24 115g
3 JJ Bleday L 0.761
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.227 0.746 37 245g
Mild (60–80°) 0.226 0.753 33 192g
at Great American Ball Park 0.287 1.034 12 38g
Overall 0.234 0.761 50 324g
4 Spencer Steer R 0.722
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.236 0.722 39 287g
Mild (60–80°) 0.218 0.673 28 217g
at Great American Ball Park 0.239 0.752 34 202g
Overall 0.235 0.722 55 397g
5 Nathaniel Lowe L 0.733
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.255 0.755 37 280g
Mild (60–80°) 0.246 0.739 31 250g
at Great American Ball Park 0.238 0.876 9 37g
Overall 0.245 0.733 44 366g
6 Eugenio Suárez R 0.772
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.238 0.763 61 274g
Mild (60–80°) 0.227 0.755 67 283g
at Great American Ball Park 0.217 0.763 12 44g
Overall 0.235 0.772 93 396g
7 Jose Trevino R 0.624
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.246 0.647 8 126g
Mild (60–80°) 0.224 0.630 9 112g
at Great American Ball Park 0.245 0.605 3 62g
Overall 0.229 0.624 13 192g
8 Edwin Arroyo S 0.552
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.247 0.591 0 23g
Mild (60–80°) 0.246 0.557 0 18g
at Great American Ball Park 0.179 0.411 0 18g
Overall 0.240 0.552 0 33g
9 TJ Friedl L 0.674
SplitAVGOPSHRn
vs RHP 0.242 0.695 25 228g
Mild (60–80°) 0.260 0.755 22 165g
at Great American Ball Park 0.218 0.623 11 147g
Overall 0.236 0.674 30 298g

Injured List

CHC (14 on IL)
CIN (7 on IL)
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