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Series Preview: Pirates at Cubs

The Cubs are off to a 2-7 start; don’t you hate to see that? A real shame.

Chicago dropped six in a row before getting a 14-8 win on Saturday at Milwaukee. The Brewers then took the series finale, 4-2, on Sunday.

The Cubs have been scoring runs. They put up 12 in their first win and have twice scored 10 in losing efforts. Willson Contreras (.389/.560/.833, 3 HR), Jason Heyward (.370/.419/.704, 3 HR), Daniel Descalso (.400/.478/.600), Anthony Rizzo (.267/.436/.500) and Javier Baez (.250/.289/.583, 4 HR) are all doing just fine early on.

The pitching ledger shows a bunch of rough ERAs, including those of Yu Darvish (8.