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Chicago Cubs counter with fellow right-hander Rodrigo Lopez, who allowed two hits in seven scoreless innings of Sunday’s 3-1 victory over the White Sox - just his second start since spending most of June in the bullpen. He allowed one run in six innings and earned the victory during Arizona’s 9-1 win over Pittsburgh on April 9, 2010 - his only career meeting with the Pirates. They are feeling good after snapping a five-game road losing streak by erasing an eight-run deficit and prevailing 10-9 at Washington on Thursday. Chicago Cubs could have a hard time repeating their impressive display at the plate against the Pirates, who rank fifth in the NL with a 3.43 ERA.
Pittsburgh Pirates have outscored the Cubs 30-17 en route to taking four of six this season - all at Wrigley Field - and they went 5-1 at home in last year’s series. He hasn’t entered the break above .500 since going 49-39 in 1992, can end that drought with just one win this weekend. They has looked almost nothing like the team that concluded 2010 with a major league-low 57 wins and a fourth consecutive last-place finish in the NL Central. They can ensure that they’ll enter the All-Star break with a winning record for the first time in 19 years if they win the opener of a three-game set with the visiting Chicago Cubs on Friday night. Watch Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates Game Live TV Channel CSN and ROOT.