The pirates enter this series on a sequence of five consecutive defeats in which they were upgraded 49-14. (No, I don’t make up for that. Go watch.)
Let’s keep this slippage, okay?
To find out more about pirates, here is Austin Bechtold, staff editor of our SB Nation Bucs pirate site.
Pittsburgh pirates have dropped to 20 games under .500 for the third time this season.
The peaks and the valleys are common on a 162 game campaign, but the pirates experienced stockings which understood the dismissal of their manager and the link of an MLB record by scoring four points or less in 26 consecutive games.
A sequence of five consecutive defeats was crowned by a 12-5 defeat against the Brewers of Milwaukee, leader of the division. A market smaller than Pittsburgh. A team that exchanged their star closer in the offseason and the winner of Cy Young before last season.
Brewers are 76-44. The pirates are 51-71 and were upgraded 33-6. The third goal player Jared Triolo launched the 8th round on Tuesday in a 14-0 defeat. The series was a disaster.
Pittsburgh lost seven of 10 and entered Wrigley Field, marking an MLB Low 3.5 points per game. The hackers are 2-5 against the cubs.
According to Danny Demilio of Pittsburgh Baseball Now, Braxton Ashcraft will start on Friday, while Mike Burrows obtains the ball on Saturday. Sunday’s match was not announced.
The franchise fell below .500 as a whole for the first time since 1903 earlier this season.
They have to go 32-8 in their last 40 games to finish more than 0,500.
The rest of the season brings many more questions than answers. Will Ben Cherington be here next season? Whatever the status of Cherington, will Don Kelly come back as a manager? How do the pirates replace David Bednar?
The results of the three -game section could push discussions more in one way or another.
Rumors around Mitch Keller’s struggles in the second half, the potential limit of Paul Skenes, and the arrival of Bubba Chandler will continue in the past two months.
The main problem of pirates is a lack of offense. Paul Skenes has a 7-9 file with an ERA just over 2.00 and has always been the best launcher in baseball. No starting launcher has ever won the Cy Young with a losing record.
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Pirates must use the remaining time to assess their young pitching and bats, including Liover Peguero, Henry Davis, Jack Suwinski and others, to decide whether they were to hang or move from their procreation during the offseason. The same goes for the main voices of management.
The greatness of Skenes was a joy to look and appreciate, being the apple for the eye of the fans of the pirates last year. This also highlights the unfortunate reality that hackers cannot mark Cy Young races.
It will not be an easy task against a team of 16 -game cubs on 0,500 and fight for a joker point. Pirates must use this series as a barometer for where they must be in the central NL.
We saw how they stacked Milwaukee; This is another difficult feat against Cubs, especially in Wrigley.
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Funny facts
Today, it was exactly two months that the Cubs faced the pirates for the last time, also in Wrigley Field. The Cubs won, 3-2, on the single of the 10th round of Ian Happ to win the series, three games at one and open a 5.5 game advance in the standings.
Since the beginning of 2015, the Cubs have been 55-30 at home against the pirates, for a percentage of victories of 0.647, better against one of their division competitors. They are .616 against the reds, .553 against the cardinals and. 523 against the brewers.
Their best against the guests NL non division is .688 against the Marlins and .667 against the giants and the dishes.
Since 1887, when the cubs were the white stockings and the pirates had been Allegheny City, the Cubs played more games against the pirates, 2,615, than against any other opponent. They won 84 games more than they lost, but they lost 119 more in Pittsburgh, which left them 25 games in less than 0,500 in rivalry, with 1,281 victories and 1,316 defeats.
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Probable pitch matches
Friday: Colin Rea, RHP (9-5, 4.09 ERA, 1,294 whip, 4.67 FIP) against Braxton Ashcraft, RHP (3-2, 3.19 ERA, 1.364 Whip, 2.81 FIP)
SATURDAY: SHōta Imanaga, LHP (8-5, 3.19 ERA, 0.969 Whip, 4.33 FIP) against Mike Burrows, RHP (1-4, 4.66 ERA, 1.256 Whip, 4.66 FIP)
Sunday: Javier Assad, RHP (0-1, 9.00 ERA, 2,250 whip, 6.86 FIP) VS TBD
Times and television channels
Friday: 1:20 p.m. CT, Sports Network, MLB Network (outside the Cubs and Pirates market areas)
SATURDAY: 1:20 p.m. CT, Sports Network, FS1 (full national broadcast, no breakdowns)
Sunday: 1:20 p.m. CT, brand sports network
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Prediction
Cubs were better to win at least Two of the three here or the rest of the season are in trouble.
The next
The Cubs welcome the Brewers Milwaukee in a series of five games from Monday afternoon. Monday’s action includes a double head.
