Pittsburgh at Chicago

The Pittsburgh Pirates have been holding their own this season and at four games below .500, are in better shape than most thought they would be just about 50 games into the season. They have dropped three straight games, and a young offense that has been a bit over their heads, is regressing back to anticipated form as they struggle to score runs. The Pirates have lost three straight games and in the process have scored just 2 runs. They will have trouble against the Cubs who have seen their offense catch fire and produce 83 runs over their last 14 games at 6 per contest. The Pirates are just 21-62 in their last 93 on the road. The Cubs get this one.