Kyle Hendricks vs. Jeff Hoffman is a pitching mismatch, so the Cubs are large favorites Tuesday at Wrigley Field as they start a three-game set against the red-hot Rockies with the righties scheduled to take the mound. But it isn't quite as cut and dry as that. Chicago ([32-26](https://www.betchicago.com/mlb-betting/standings)), which has lost six of eight, is a -185 favorite as of Tuesday morning at the Westgate SuperBook (bet $185 to win $100) for the 7:05 p.m. CT game, which can be seen locally NBC Sports Chicago. But Colorado, a +165 underdog (bet $100 to win $165), has the longest active winning streak in the majors at eight. Those games, though, all came at home and were against sub-.500 teams in the Orioles, D-backs and Blue Jays. The total for Tuesday's game is 10.5, with the OVER juiced as high as -120 on some oddsboards. The 26-year-old Hoffman (1-1, 7.20 ERA), who came to the Rockies in the Troy Tulowitzki trade to Toronto, has never been able to stick in the majors, and he's with the big-league club only because of an injury to Kyle Freeland. He did have a nice string of starts in 2017, with three straight road wins, allowing one earned run in each. One of those came June 10 at Wrigley Field, when he allowed only four hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. __MORE:__ [Cubs odds to win World Series lengthen after getting swept in St. Louis](https://www.betchicago.com/cubs-world-series-odds-2019-sweep-st-louis-cardinals) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRFMXwF1074" class="embedly-card" data-card-width="100%" data-card-controls="0">Embedded content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRFMXwF1074</a> Impressive, but so is the fact that Kris Bryant has three hits, including two homers, and a walk in just six plate appearances against Hoffman. Hoffman has gone five innings in each of his three starts this season, having allowed at least six hits in each. He's given up three homers in 15 innings, but does have a decent 15/4 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Hendricks (5-4, 3.09) had five of his six outings in May go down as quality starts, including [a 2-1 win Wednesday in Houston](https://www.betchicago.com/mlb-betting/coverage/d312dd4b-9959-4595-8ff3-cd55ca092a3c/boxscore) with the Cubs small favorites, when he allowed one run in eight innings and struck out seven. But be wary of the longball Tuesday, as Nolan Arenado (two), David Dahl (two), Daniel Murphy (two), Mark Reynolds and Ian Desmond have all homered in their careers off Hendricks. Charlie Blackmon also has, but he's out injured. Hendricks has been good this year, but if you wagered $100 on the Cubs for all 11 of his starts, you'd [be down $81](https://www.covers.com/pageLoader/pageLoader.aspx?page=/data/mlb/statistics/2019/startermoneystatistics_mlb_regular.html). Hoffman has made Colorado bettors $103 in his starts, because the Rockies won two of the three games he started as stiff underdogs. Chicago is coming off Monday afternoon's 8-1 win over the Angels as -170 favorites in a makeup game from April. Jon Lester allowed one run in seven innings, and Javy Baez and Willson Contreras both homered, as the Cubs [improved to 26-12 as favorites](https://www.teamrankings.com/mlb/trends/win_trends/?sc=is_fav). Colorado is 10-17 as an underdog but has won 11 of 13 straight up. __ALSO:__ [Lucas Giolito goes from AL Cy Young longshot to near favorite](https://www.betchicago.com/white-sox-righty-lucas-giolito-american-league-cy-young-longshot-to-near-favorite) ## MLB odds for Tuesday, June 4 Every team is back in action Tuesday after a light Monday. The only nationally-televised games are the Twins (+119 at the Westgate), who have the league's best record at 40-18, visiting the Indians (-129), and the Yankees (-176) at the Blue Jays (+163). The games will be split regionally on MLB Network beginning just after 6 p.m. CT. The White Sox won six of seven on their just-completed homestand, but they are +230 underdogs in Washington against the Nats (-240), who have won seven of nine following a five-game losing streak. Chicago righty Reynaldo Lopez (3-5, 6.20) opposes righty Stephen Strasburg (5-3, 3.19) for the 6:05 p.m. CT game, which can be seen locally on WGN. To view the rest of the Tuesday MLB schedule, including pitching matchups, odds and totals, [visit our scoreboard page](https://www.betchicago.com/mlb-betting/scores). Check out our [MLB odds page](https://www.betchicago.com/mlb-betting/odds) to compare betting lines from different books, and [here is our standings page](https://www.betchicago.com/mlb-betting/standings). __MORE:__ [Our complete MLB betting coverage](https://www.betchicago.com/mlb-betting/home)