Let me start off by saying the Cubs are the worst team in the NL with San Diego following closely behind. The Cubs are just a terrible organizations all together and they have too many players that are not clutch. Their one good player, Lahair is slumping right now and the team is going down with him. The only player that comes through with RISP is Lahair and thats where it ends. They didn't have a fucking lead for like 50 innings or someshit, are you kidding me!!! I just looks like they have no heart and they are not ready to imrpove no matter who is running the front office. Dempster has a 2.28 ERA and WHIP just slightly above 1, yet he has no wins and that will not change tomorrow....with the way things are going he may never get a win. HIs last two starts have been shaky and I think he continues to struggle with the team showing no sense of pride. He has not fared well by any means against this Pittsburgh team which will be happy to see the lowly Cubs this weekend. Current Pirates are hitting .322 and slugging .599 in 152 ABs. In the last 3 years Dempster is 4-5 with a 5.52 ERA against the Pirates and with those numbers the Cubs have no chance to win this game. Opposing Dempster is AJ Burnett who has pitched great this year and if you take away the game where he gave up 12 earned runs against the Cardinals he has a very low ERA. He has only given up 2 or less runs in every other game he has pitched this year. His last three outings have been good going 6 IP, 8 IP, and 8 IP giving his chance a high chance of winning. Burnett has won his last 4 starts against the Cubs and I don't see any reason to believe that he will not win his 5th. I don't like betting on the Pirates, but this spot is too good to pass up and I really think the Cubs will not have the lead in this game ever. Sorry Cubs fans you may never win one more game.
Pirates ML
Leans:
Astros +1.5
Phillies (great value on Cliff Lee)
TB/Boston Under 9