{"id":2866,"date":"2018-05-29T13:10:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T13:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:09:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:09:19","slug":"nl-central-rivalry-game-chicago-cubs-at-pittsburgh-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/nl-central-rivalry-game-chicago-cubs-at-pittsburgh-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"NL Central Rivalry Game: Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Pittsburgh Pirates<\/strong> look to snap a three-game losing skid when they host the Chicago Cubs Tuesday night. The Cubs won the first game of the series Monday afternoon 7-0 and they are -115 favorites to win Tuesday\u2019s contest as well.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Pirates<\/strong> have fallen six games back in the NL Central, a division that not too long ago had four teams within two games of one another. Pittsburgh has just two wins in their last 10 games. Considering that they\u2019ve played the Padres and Reds during that span, that record is downright atrocious.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Cubs<\/strong> also went through a minor slump earlier this month, but they seem to be coming out of it. <strong>Chicago<\/strong> took two out of three from the Giants over the weekend and looked sharp during Monday\u2019s afternoon game despite playing Sunday night and then having to travel. Chicago is now six games over .500 but still 4.5 games behind the Brewers for first place.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"plan-b\">Plan B<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/23631218\/pittsburgh-pirates-put-pitcher-ivan-nova-dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The <strong>Pirates<\/strong> placed Ivan Nova on the DL with a finger injury on Monday<\/a>. With Nova scheduled to start Tuesday\u2019s game, rookie <strong>Nick<\/strong> <strong>Kingham<\/strong> will get the call instead. Kingham is just three starts into his big league career. The first one went well, as the righty tossed seven shutout innings against the Cardinals, allowing just one hit. He\u2019s been less invincible the last two times out, but he\u2019s still 2-1 with a 3.44 ERA over his first three starts.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Kingham has never faced any of the <strong>Cubs<\/strong> hitters. Chicago is one of the highest scoring teams in the National League, so the rookie should have his work cut out for him. As a team, the Cubs have been a little lacking offensively lately, at least before they scored eight runs on Sunday and seven more on Monday. Albert Almora Jr. and <strong>Kyle<\/strong> <strong>Schwarber<\/strong> have been particularly productive lately.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"same-old-ace\">Same Old Ace<\/h2>\n<p>Opposing the rookie <strong>Kingham<\/strong> on Tuesday will be veteran Jon Lester. The lefty had a down year in 2017, but he\u2019s back to being one of the top pitchers in the <strong>National<\/strong> <strong>League<\/strong> this season. In 10 starts, Lester is 4-2 with a 2.37 ERA. In each of his last three starts, he\u2019s allowed just one run, so he enters Tuesday\u2019s start in great form.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/sports\/baseball\/cubs\/ct-spt-cubs-jon-lester-walks-20180412-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lester faced the <strong>Pirates<\/strong> back in April and had one of his worst starts of the season.<\/a> He gave up four runs on seven hits over five innings before getting bailed out by his <strong>Chicago\u2019s<\/strong> hitters, who put 13 runs on the scoreboard. Despite some trouble in that outing, Lester has good career numbers against most of Pittsburgh\u2019s hitters. The Pirates can try to attack Lester with a fair amount of switch hitters batting right-handed. However, righties actually have a lower batting average this year against Lester than lefties.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"keep-on-slipping\">Keep on Slipping<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Pirates<\/strong> need someone to step up to help them snap out of their losing ways. But it\u2019s tough to ask Kingham to provide that, especially as he opposing Lester and Chicago\u2019s lineup. The Cubs are only slight favorites, but the matchups in this game all work in their favor, even on the road. <strong>Bet on the Cubs -115 to beat the Pirates Tuesday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Cubs will look to win their second in a row against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NL Central Rivalry Game: Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates - The Latest Sports Betting News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NL Central Rivalry Game: Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates - 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