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The Pirates faithful will bring the noise this evening as the Bucs enjoy their third straight home Wild Card Game. It should be noted that Pittsburgh went 8-11 against Joe Maddon’s squad from the North Side of the Windy City.
Pittsburgh won the final three-game series of the regular season against Chicago 2-1 at the end of the September. They captured the first game on Friday, Sept. 25 3-2 and the second game on Saturday, Sept. 26 4-0.
The Cubs pitching staff was working on all cylinders as they permitted a total of nine runs during their eight-game winning streak to bring down the curtain on the regular season.