Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 61-44 Pittsburgh Pirates play host to the 58-47 Chicago Cubs tonight in MLB action on the grass of PNC Park, August 5, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Pittsburgh -120/Cubs +110
O/U Total: 7.5
Pitching Matchup
Dan Haren (R) W/L 7-7 WHIP 1.09 ERA 3.42
Jeff Locke (L) W/L 6-6 WHIP 1.42 ERA 4.21
Chicago won their 6th-straight game with a 5-0 win over Pittsburgh on Tuesday. They are 5-0 on their road trip and 7-1 in their last 8 games. The Pirates are 0-1 on their homestand and 5-3 in their past 8 games. Pittsburgh is 35-18 at home in 2015.
These teams have seen a lot of each other this season and the Cubs have a 6-4 advantage in the last 10 encounters between these NL Central foes.
This will be Haren’s first start for Chicago. He was a 1-0 loser to Washington in his last start for Miami. He went 6 innings and allowed 1 ER for his 14th Q start of the year.
Locke was a 5-4 winner at Cincinnati in his last outing. He yielded 3 runs over 5 innings and has 8 Q starts on the season.
Chicago IF Jonathan Herrera is 1-2 (.500) against Locke with 2 RBIs while 3B Kris Bryant is 2-6 (.333) with a HR and 5 RBIs. 1B Anthony Rizzo is 6-18 (.333) vs. the left-hander with 2 HRs, 3 RBIs and 2 SBs while OF Dexter Fowler is 4-7 (.571) with 3 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. The Cubs are hitting .333 as a team against Locke.
Pirates OF Andrew McCutchen is 4-15 (.267) vs. Haren with 4 RBIs and a SB. The rest of the team is 9-50 (.180) with 1 HR, 2 RBIs and 0 SBs against the right-hander.
Chicago at Pittsburgh Betting Trends
The Cubs are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games overall.
Chicago is 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games against Pittsburgh.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Chicago’s last 5 road games.
Pittsburgh is 11-3 straight up in their last 14 home games.
The Pirates are 2-5 straight up in their last 7 games against Chicago.
Injury Report
CHICAGO CUBS
Tommy La Stella 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Miguel Montero C 15-Day Disabled List
Neil Ramirez P 15-Day Disabled List
Zac Rosscup P 15-Day Disabled List
Jacob Turner P 60-Day Disabled List
PITTSBURGH PIRATES
A.J. Burnett P 15-Day Disabled List
Brandon Cumpton P 60-Day Disabled List
Josh Harrison 3B 15-Day Disabled List
Corey Hart 1B 60-Day Disabled List
Andrew Lambo OF 60-Day Disabled List
Jordy Mercer SS 15-Day Disabled List
Rob Scahill P 15-Day Disabled List
Consensus Betting (Moneyline)
Chicago: 52%
Pittsburgh: 48%
Free MLB Pick
The Cubs are on a roll winning six straight games and appear to have the Pirates number winning seven of the 11 games played this season. Haren hasn’t had his best stuff against the Pirates in recent seasons, but hasn’t faced them in 2015 and he does have very respectable historical batter vs. pitcher numbers holding the active roster to a lifetime .200 batting average. Pittsburgh sends out lefty Jeff Locke to the mound and he’s been destroyed by the Cubs’ batters allowing 15 runs (14 earned) over 12 1/3 innings in three starts this year. The Pirates are very good at home with a 35-18 record but the Cubs are one of the better road teams with 31-23 W/L record and are worth a play here at plus money.
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