The Pittsburgh Pirates take on their NL Central rivals the Chicago Cubs in a four-game series. The Pirates will send JT Brubaker to the mound to face Caleb Kilian for the Cubs. The Cubs have taken five of nine from the Pirates this season. The Cubs had lost ten in a row before taking two of three from Atlanta. This will be Killian's third start of the season. He is 0-1 with an 8.00 ERA and a 1.66 WHIP. JT Brubaker is 0-7 with a 4.50 ERA in 13 starts. He is 0-1 with a 5.19 ERA in 2 appearances against the Cubs this season. For this career, he is 2-2 with an ERA of 3.41 against the Cubs. Killian has made two starts and has only thrown a total of 9 innings giving up 8 runs. It is hard to say Pittsburgh has the advantage on the mound with Brubaker pitching but in this case they do.

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