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Game Thread: Bucs and Cubs Open Up at Wrigley

The Pittsburgh Pirates head to the Windy City to meet up with their divsion rival Chicago Cubs for the last time this season (one more series between these teams in Pittsburgh), and game one of the three game series will be a matinee at 4:05 pm Eastern. The Cubbies are currently tied with the Milwaukee Brewers for the second Wild Card spot, and they’re four games back of division leader St. Louis. Pirates lefty Steven Brault (4-4, 4.13) will throw in the opener, and he’ll get fellow southpaw Jon Lester (12-10, 4.