Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction & Picks - MLB

Prediction published on 9/11/26, 10:42 AM  by Bill Christy | Modified on 9/12/26 at 7:18 AM in MLB Picks

The Pittsburgh Pirates will kickoff a 3-game series with the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field today. The Cubs took 2 of the 3 in their previous series back in late July.

Pittsburgh comes into this series having won their last 4-games, including a sweep of the Chicago White Sox. Now they will try to get off on the right foot against the other Chicago team tonight. Pitching has been the strong suit for the Pirates lately. They have held opponents to just 5 total runs during their 4-game win streak. Jared Jones went 7 shutout innings in the last Pirate win and had the bullpen come in to complete the shutout. Today, Wilber Dotel will start and look to improve upon his 1-4 record on the season.

Unlike Pittsburgh, Chicago has been trending in the opposite direction. Losers of their last 4, the Cubs have been allowing an average of 6.5 runs per game. Never easy to win games when you are allowing that number of runs. Shota Imanaga will start for them today and is coming off a strong 6 innings against the Marlins in which he allowed just 1 run on 3 hits. If the Cubs are going to have a chance at snapping their losing streak, it will need to start with Imanaga going deep in this one.