T.M. Selection: Chicago Cubs.

I like the Chicago Cubs to win this game against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday. The Cubs haven't looked good for a majority of the year but they have been getting better and I like what I have seen from them in their games lately. They didn't look good at all in their series against the Pirates last week but they responded well to that series loss and picked up a series win over the Cardinals on the weekend. They even shutout the Cardinals in 1 of those games with a great pitching performance and I expect them to do the same in this game. Keegan Thompson (7-2, 3.10 ERA) is up for the Cubs here and he has looked great all year, picking up the most wins on this pitching staff this year and being their most reliable arm to go to in these starts. He only had 1 bad start this year where he gave up 7 runs after some great performances coming out of the bullpen earlier this year but he has looked a lot better since that start and went 6+ innings in both of his previous 2 starts, only giving up 1 run between the 2 starts. The Reds haven't been producing a lot of offense this year, it does come in spurts for them but this is still a team that has looked terrible all year and has a lineup that is riddled with injuries. The Reds do have Luis Castillo (2-4, 3.71 ERA) up on the bump for them here but he hasn't had a lot of great starts this year and has also been really up and down too. He just gave up 4 runs in his most recent start and 3 runs in his start before that, which isn't terrible but it isn't great either and they are going to need a better performance from here with Thompson pitching on the other side. I expect the Cubs to shut down the Reds here and I see the Cubs putting up some runs on Castillo here. I like the Cubs to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 5-2 Cubs.