Too late to make a move into playoff contention? Maybe not for the Cubs, who just got finished bludgeoning the Nats over the weekend in D.C. and have set a new mark by scoring a whopping 99 runs across their past ten games. That's also wins in six straight and nine of ten for the streaking Cubbies, who might have to lean on that offense a bit more if Jameson Taillon doesn't perform a bit better than this recent starts, with a 6.75 ERA across his last four appearances. Meanwhile, the Pirates do not hit Wrigley Field with much momentum, and the return to the rotation of Jared Jones proved a disaster last Tuesday against these same Cubs when he allowed five runs in just four innings of work in an eventual 9-5 Bucs loss, which they have done often the past month in a debilitating 8-21 skid. Play Cubs on Run Line