The Pittsburgh Pirates hit the road for Chicago for an early Friday afternoon opening matchup in a three-game weekend series with the Chicago Cubs. The game is scheduled to start at 2:20 p.m. ET (1:20 p.m. CT) with TV coverage on MLB Network and streaming on-demand .

How to watch: Live streams of the Cubs vs. Pirates game are available with offers from DirecTV (free trial) , FuboTV (low intro rate) and SlingTV (low intro rate) .

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The Pirates enter the weekend on a five-game losing streak that has further cemented their place in the cellar of the National League Central Division with the season all but slipping away. Pittsburgh was most recently swept by the first-place Milwaukee Brewers on the road before shifting their focus to the second-plac

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