Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Chicago Cubs FREE Major League Baseball: Online Streaming of MLB from Wrigley Field at 8:05 PM ET Will Cubs Make Trades to Improve?
The Cubs are the only team in baseball that's failed to win a series this season, but their next opponent could provide a prime opportunity.
The Diamondbacks visit Wrigley Field on Monday night to begin a four-game set between the two worst teams in the NL.
Chicago (5-12) hasn't won a series since taking two of three from Cincinnati from Sept. 9-11. The Cubs missed out on a chance to match that over the weekend after falling 8-2 to the Reds on Sunday to drop two of three.
They've now lost six of seven, though they've seen a bit more offensive promise with 22 hits in the last two games after batting .184 in five straight losses.
On Sunday, Chicago's top four hitters went 8 for 16 but the team went 3 for 15 with runners in scoring position.
The Diamondbacks (5-16) can relate to the Cubs' recent struggles, having dropped eight of nine after Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Dodgers.
Arizona's problems have come largely from its rotation, which has an MLB-worst 7.42 ERA after allowing 10 earned runs in 10 innings of the last two games against the Dodgers.
"You can get as frustrated as you want to get," left fielder Mark Trumbo told the team's official website. "You can also control it and keep moving forward. It's just a point in time where it's not going our way. That's just all there is to it."
Bronson Arroyo been considerably more effective against the Cubs with a 4-1 record and 2.62 ERA in five starts since Aug. 11, 2012. Arroyo hasn't lost at Wrigley in over seven years, winning six of nine starts since Sept. 17, 2007, while going 5-0 with a 1.49 ERA and .174 opponents' batting average in the last seven.
The Cubs begin the series with Travis Wood on the mound. Wood (0-2, 3.00 ERA) was hit hard his last time out but limited the damage to two runs on 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings of a 2-0 loss to the Yankees on Wednesday.
The game will be live streamed on gofirstrowus.eu/sport/baseball.html
