This is a 10* TOP DOG ASSASSIN on the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The bell tolls for thee Jake Arrieta! Arrieta (5-0, 1.00 ERA) is an unbelievable 16-0 with a 0.69 ERA in 18 regular-season starts since last losing on July 25th. What he's done almost defies comprehension, but he's shown some signs of slowing down. We think some recent suspect numbers will finally catch up to him vs. this hungry Pirates team which dropped the opener of this series 7-3 yesterday. Arrieta's MLB-record streak of 24 straight quality starts came to an end in Thursday's 7-2 home win over Milwaukee, it was the second straight outing that he'd walk four batters. The home side counters with Jon Niese (3-0, 5.08 ERA), who has gotten a whopping 8.89 run support averaget this season. The Pirates will be hungry here, they've been pushed around by the Cubs for a while now, Chicago has won five straight in Pittsburgh. Playing an underdog of this size is about correctly timing a situation and we think there are enough conditions which point to an upset to pull the trigger on this one. Play on the PIRATES.

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