{"id":818051,"date":"2018-05-31T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=818051"},"modified":"2018-05-31T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T19:00:04","slug":"pittsburgh-pirates-avoid-and-attack-an-old-enemy-with-some-new-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/pittsburgh-pirates-avoid-and-attack-an-old-enemy-with-some-new-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Pirates Avoid and Attack: An Old Enemy with some new Guns"},"content":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s never a good thing when a team loses a series but in their loss to the Chicago Cubs, the Pirates finally showed a little bit of a backbone. Winning is obviously better than standing up to an opponent but at least in game three of their series with the Cubs, the Pirates finally showed some moxie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Hopefully, the game three win against the Cubs helps change the fortune of the Buccos as they have not played particularly well during this key stretch of play against NL Central competition. The Pirates will look to respond as they begin a four-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals in Busch Stadium.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Pirates have definitely been in a massive funk recently and a trip to St. Louis isn\u2019t exactly the best recipe to fix that but you have to play the schedule that\u2019s in front of you. The Cardinals have been fairly solid for most of the season as they currently sit at 29-24. They aren\u2019t the world-beating Cardinals of 2010-2015 but they are still a solid and capable ball club.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHitter to avoid\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n