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7:05 pm EDT Wed May 5, 2010

The Chicago Cubs’ red-hot bats cooled off in their series opener against Pittsburgh, but Lou Piniella’s team figures to have a good shot at bouncing back immediately. The Pirates’ Charlie Morton takes the mound Wednesday night looking to lower his major league-worst ERA against the visiting Cubs, who had two rather contrasting experiences against the right-hander last season. Chicago came into PNC Park having scored 33 runs while taking three of four at home from Arizona, but didn’t generate much offensive momentum in the series opener. Alfonso Soriano and Geovany Soto hit solo homers off Paul Maholm, but Ryan Church’s two-run shot off Ryan Dempster proved to be the difference in the Pirates’ 3-2 win.

Soriano homered for the fourth straight game, a stretch in which he’s hit five total and driven in 11 runs. He’s struck out in all three career at-bats against Morton, but the right-hander didn’t have an easy time getting anyone out in five April starts. Morton’s ERA is the highest of any pitcher to have made at least four starts, but he felt he made some strides in his latest appearance. Only three of the six runs Morton allowed in Saturday’s 6-2 loss at Los Angeles were earned, and he struck out six over six innings. Morton had vastly different results in two starts against the Cubs last season, both at Wrigley Field. He allowed 10 runs and seven hits before being lifted without recording a second-inning out in a 17-2 loss on Aug. 14, but came back Sept. 30 to pitch his lone career complete game, striking out eight in a 4-0 victory. Morton’s opponent that day was Ted Lilly, who allowed four runs in seven innings to fall to 4-2 with a 4.02 ERA in 10 career starts against the Pirates.