The Pittsburgh Pirates (7-8) and Chicago Cubs (7-8) will battle on Sunday at Wrigley Field, starting at 2:20 PM ET.
Justin Steele (1-1) will start for the Cubs, and JT Brubaker (0-2) for the Pirates.
Led by Alfonso Rivas, who went 3-for-6 with a home run and five RBI, the Cubs took yesterday's matchup against the Pirates by a 21-0 score.
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Who are the key players for the Cubs?
- Steele (1-1) will take to the mound for the Cubs and make his fourth start of the season.
- The 26-year-old has pitched to a 4.50 ERA this season with 7.5 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 4.5 walks per nine across three games.
- Seiya Suzuki leads the Cubs in home runs (four), runs batted in (13) and has a team-high batting average of .372.
- Willson Contreras has four doubles, two home runs and six walks while hitting .261.
- Nico Hoerner has two doubles, a triple, a home run and a walk while batting .327.
- Patrick Wisdom is hitting .250 with five doubles, two home runs and six walks.
Who are the key players for the Pirates?
- Brubaker makes the start for the Pirates, his fourth of the season. He is 0-2 with a 7.30 ERA and 13 strikeouts in 12 1/3 innings pitched.
- In three games this season, the 28-year-old has an ERA of 7.30, with 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .220 against him.
- Daniel Vogelbach leads the Pirates with three long balls.
- Michael Chavis has collected seven runs batted in to pace his team.
- Ke'Bryan Hayes paces the Pirates with a team-high batting average of .333.
- Ben Gamel is batting .220 with a double, a home run and six walks.
Last 10 games for the Cubs
- Over the past 10 games, Wisdom leads the Cubs with two home runs and eight runs batted in.
- In the last 10 games, Chicago is averaging 3.3 extra-base hits per contest while slugging .438.
- Chicago has scored a total of 59 runs over its past 10 games (5.9 per outing).
- Batters for Chicago are collectively averaging 7.1 strikeouts and 4.8 at-bats per strikeout during the last 10 games.
- During the past 10 games Chicago has a 4.66 ERA across its pitching staff.
Last 10 games for the Pirates
- Vogelbach leads Pittsburgh in home runs (three) and runs batted in (five) during the past 10 games while batting .333 over that span.
- Over Pittsburgh's last 10 games, the team is slugging .340 with 19 extra-base hits.
- Pittsburgh has scored 35 runs over its last 10 games.
- Pittsburgh has averaged 9.3 strikeouts per game over its last 10 outings.
- Pittsburgh has allowed 52 earned runs over the last 10 games with an ERA of 5.44.
Who is favored to win Cubs vs. Pirates?
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Favorite: Cubs (-156)
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Total: 10 (O: -110 U: -110)
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