Miami at Chicago

The Chicago Cubs are a bad team on a good run. We see this from bad teams every year, as they will have a stretch or two during the season where the sum results are greater than the parts. That holds true for the Cubs, winners of 13 of their last 18 and bested Miami 5-1 yesterday. Mark Buehrle is a good pitcher, but there is one problem. He has won the most money of any starting pitcher in baseball at home over the last eight seasons, but the road is a different story. His numbers are 6-3 at home and 3-5 on the road this year. His ERA on the road stands 1.2 runs higher. The Marlins have struggled to score on the road and Paul Maholm owns a winning record on a bad team. Maholm has been at his best lately, allowing just 2 runs in his last 22 innings of work. The Cubs have cashed in seven of their last eight at home vs. a team with a losing road record. Play on Chicago.