Mark Zinno
(905) Pittsburgh Pirates at (906) Chicago Cubs
The Pirates and Cubs finish their three game set at Wrigley with the Cubs in danger of being swept. They send their best starter to the mound in Shota Imanaga. Imanaga faced the Pirates already this year and went 7 innings of 4 hit baseball, not allowing a run. I expect he can do more of the same here. But the better part of this matchup is the Cubs facing Domingo German. German is making his second start of the year after joining the Pirates in the beginning of August. His ERA is 6.11. He also faced the Cubs in relief two weeks ago and gave up 8 runs in 2.2 innings. The Cubs need a win and I don't think they get swept in the series, but I'll cut the game in half and trust Imanaga over German.