After having little success versus newly acquired Pittsburgh starter Jeff Karstens on Friday, Chicago will now contend with Paul Maholm (7-6, 3.79 ERA), who has yet to lose to the Cubs. He is 4-0 despite posting a 6.15 ERA in seven career outings against Chicago, and the Pirates have won six of those appearances.
Would have to agree with the Cubs over. Shutout yesterday, after the big sweep of the BrewCrew, I have to believe the Cubs will be focused today. As far as the BrewCrew, Sabathia aside, the Braves are not good and without Chipper and Texeria, they have little offense. No one in their line-up last night had ten homers.
