Pittsburgh at Chicago

Chicago has won three straight and is looking better than they have all season while sweeping the World Series champion Dodgers. Pittsburgh overachieved the first month of the season, and now the Pirates are playing as they were expected, losing six of their last seven. Zach Davies got through four innings while allowing one earned run on four hits against Cincinnati on Saturday. Trevor Cahill has a 1-3 record and a 7.40 ERA for Pittsburgh after being torched for five runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings versus St. Louis. Cubs hitters are batting .298 against Cahill in 44 at-bats. The Pirates are 15-39 their past 54 games as road underdogs and 5-12 their past 17 versus teams with losing records. Also, Chicago has won seven of its past nine home games. Take the Cubs.