9/6 Pitching vs. Pirates
The Cubs head to Pittsburgh for a three-game series against the Pirates, starting on Friday. Here are the pitching matchups:
Friday: LHP Travis Wood (4-11, 4.64) vs. RHP A.J. Burnett (15-5, 3.63)
Saturday: RHP Jeff Samardzija (8-13, 3.91) vs. RHP James McDonald (12-7, 3.90)
Sunday: LHP Chris Rusin (0-2, 9.00) vs. LHP Jeff Locke (0-1, 4.82)
– Carrie Muskat
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Did you all see where Mr. Cherington, GM of the Red Sox, commented recently that “it was hard to watch the team perform recently,” and I paraphrase. I could not help but think that those words are true in spades for the Cubs.