Cubs at Phillies prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 9

Its Monday, June 9 and the Cubs (40-25) are in the City of Brotherly Love to take on the Phillies (37-28).

Matthew Boyd is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Zack Wheeler for Philadelphia.

Chicago lost two of three over the weekend in Motown. The Tigers blanked the Cubs yesterday, 4-0. Dansby Swanson had two of Chicago's four hits on the afternoon. Philadelphia lost three, one-run games to the Pirates in Pittsburgh over the weekend. Sunday, they managed a mere three hits against Paul Skenes and Braxton Ashcraft.

Chicago is 4-3 in June while Philadelphia has lost five in a row and six of seven this month.

Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.

We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.

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Game details & how to watch Cubs at Phillies

• Date: Monday, June 9, 2025
• Time: 6:45PM EST
• Site: Citizens Bank Park
• City: Philadelphia, PA
• Network/Streaming: MARQ, NBCSP

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Odds for the Cubs at the Phillies

The latest odds as of Monday:

• Moneyline: Cubs (+124), Phillies (-148)
• Spread:  Phillies -1.5
• Total: 7.0 runs

Probable starting pitchers for Cubs at Phillies

• Pitching matchup for June 9, 2025: Matthew Boyd vs. Zack Wheeler
  
  • Cubs: Matthew Boyd (5-3, 3.02 ERA)
    Last outing:
  • Phillies: Zack Wheeler (6-2, 2.96 ERA)
    Last outing:

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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Cubs at Phillies

• The Cubs have won 4 of their last 5 games against NL East teams
• The Under is 35-29-1 in Phillies' games this season
• The Phillies have failed to cover the Run Line in 5 straight home games
• Kyle Schwarber is 4-28 (.143) in June
• Trea Turner is 9-30 (.300) this month
• Pete Crow-Armstrong is 9-28 (.321) this month
• Kyle Tucker is 3-18 (.222) in June

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Expert picks & predictions for tonight’s game between the Cubs and the Phillies

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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts.

Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.

Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Monday's game between the Cubs and the Phillies:

• Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Moneyline.
• Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Chicago Cubs at +1.5.
• Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 7.0.

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