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The Pittsburgh Pirates (44-45) take on the Chicago Cubs (47-43) in a three-game series at Wrigley Field. Chris Archer will be on the mound today for the series opener. His last start was against the Cubs nine day ago and he allowed three runs over five innings while picking up eight strikeouts. He has a 7.89 ERA in six road starts this season. The Cubs will counter with Yu Darvish, who has a 5.01 ERA in 97 innings, with 111 strikeouts and a 1.34 WHIP. He started against Archer nine days ago and allowed four runs over 6.2 innings. Darvish also faced the Pirates in April and gave up five runs in 5.1 innings. He has a 6.23 ERA in nine home starts.

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John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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