Chicago at Pittsburgh

Chicago has won four of the last six meetings and it comes off a 5-2 win over the Cardinals on Sunday night while the Pirates lost 1-0 to the Mets. The Cubs face Jameson Taillon, who is 2-3 with a 5.06 ERA in five starts versus the Cubs. Jon Lester goes for the Cubs and he is 12-3 and comes off a start against Arizona in which he allowed one run on four hits in six innings in a 2-1 win for Chicago. The Cubs have won 23 of Lester's last 27 starts in the first game of a series and they have won his last six road starts and his last four starts against Pittsburgh. The Pirates have lost four of Taillon's last five home starts and although he'll facing the Cubs for the first time this year, they tagged him for 10 earned runs on 26 hits in 16 2/3 innings in 2017. Chicago has won 47 of its last 70 games when following a day off dating to several seasons. Back the Cubs.