It's been a fail against the Pirates this season. The Cubs fell to 1-7 against the always futile Pittsburgh team Tuesday with a hard fought but disappointing effort. Xavier Nady was the only offense, with a two-run homer the only tick for the Cubs in the 3-2 final score. Does anyone know who Neil Walker (pictured, left) is? Ted Lilly does, after giving up a huge go-ahead homer in the bottom of the 8th to him. My point is just that these nobodies that the Pirates put out on the field (Delwyn Young, Steven Pierce, Chris Jakubauskas) should definitely not be the ones beating us. I'd rather be beaten by Andrew McCutchen than some guy's first career MLB homer. This game showed the Cubs' 2010 motto once again: When the going gets tough, so do the Cubs. They can't beat the bad teams, but do alright against the good ones. That isn't a very good indication heading into this weekend's series in Houston, a bad team that is now hot, but it is the right place to get the offense going. There is a ton of time left in this division to make a move with only St. Louis and Cincinnati contending, but it would just be easier to take off the tension and start winning now. Houston is bad in general, and Milwaukee can't win at home which is good for when the Cubs head there next week to make their second visit this season. The Cubs haven't played in Houston yet this season, but are 3-0 at Miller Park and 5-1 against the Brewers overall in 2010. Houston won 2 of 3 in April at Wrigley Field.
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