Cubs 8 and 7, Pirates 6 and 1

Pirates finished up losing the game they should've won last night, then get hammered in the finale of the nine game homestand. The pen was awful last night and this afternoon. We got four hit by Jason Marquis, Mike Wuertz, and Scott Eyre this afternoon. The Pirates went 5-4 on the all important 9 game homestand, but lost 4 of the last 6 and a clearly going backwards. Now we're going on the road to face the best team in the league. I have a feeling things are about to get ugly.