If I had told you, before Wednesday's game, that Dan Haren would pitch decently for five innings but give up a couple of solo homers and that Anthony Rizzo and Kyle Schwarber would also homer, you'd have felt pretty good about the Cubs' chances to win this game, right?
That didn't take into account the Cubs' bullpen, which had one of its rare recent bad outings in a a 7-5 loss to the Pirates that snapped the team's six-game winning streak.
Haren struggled through the first inning, allowing a leadoff homer to Gregory Polanco and then a one-out single and walk.