Cubs 8- Pirates 1

All Righhttttttttttttt. This year has been some roller coaster. Oh well. Another good victory today. The bats came alive with 5 straight hits in the 3rd. A great win overall. Hopefully they can continue this into Cincy and then St. Louis. I have 6 family members going to Monday and Tuesdays games, so hopefully they can pull them out. As for me, I have been busy with work and other stuff which kept me from watching every inning.

The key team for the Cubs right now is the Washington Nationals. According to Baseball Prospectus, the Cubs have the 5th most chance of making the playoffs at this moment. In fourth place, the Washington Nationals. As it stands right now, the Cubs would be about 7 games behind the Nationals in the standings. A pretty big margin. Fortunately, the Nationals should be about 44 -48 right now, so hopefully they fall back to the mean and the Cubs can catch them. This week the Nationals host Colorado, so maybe the fall will start right there.