Chicago at Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Pirates were on top of a weak NL Central not too long ago, but they have struggled recently. The losing streak has reached eight games, but that being said they are still only three games behind in the loss column to the Cincinnati Reds. The Pirates offense has vanished as they have been shutout in the frst two games of this series vs the Cubs, and have been shutout in three of their last four games. That will appear as a big negative to bettors, but the lines are usually over inflated in this type of situation. A team entering Game 3 of a seies having been shutout in the first two have an ROI of +9.3%, including +35.2% if the game is at home. Make the play on Pittsburgh.