The Pirates have fallen into the tank and pretty quickly. The Cubs on the other hand have played really well of late winners of 7 of 9 while the Pirates have lost 8 of 9. There is clearly no pressure on the Cubs and the Pirates collectively are just playing awful baseball right now.
Kevin Correia has struggled vs. some of the Cubs hitters as Castro/Barney/Dejesus are a combined 17-43 against him and right now all three are batting over .300 in their last 7 days. The Cubs are scoring 6.22 runs per 9 over their last 10 vs. RHP and are 11-4 in their last 15 as a home favorites while the Pirates are 33-71 in their last 104 road games vs. a LH starter whom they face on Monday. Travis Wood has good stats as the Pirates have a .617 OPS and a .195 average in 77 AB against including McCutchen who is only 1-10.
