How to bet Sunday Night Baseball between Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs

For the sixth straight week, the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball spotlight is on the National League as the Chicago Cubs host the Pittsburgh Pirates (8:08 p.m. ET, ESPN).

The Cubs are going for a weekend sweep as they won 6-0 on Friday night behind Jake Arrieta and then 4-3 on Saturday night. Both games have stayed under the betting total.

The Cubs have the best record in baseball at 46-20 (.697) and an 11.5-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Central, with the Pittsburgh Pirates a whopping 14 games back -- though they're only three games behind the second NL wild-card spot.

ESPN Chalk's MLB handicappers always try to help end your baseball betting week on a winning note, and came through last week as Joe Peta had the San Francisco Giants +105 over the Los Angeles Dodgers while Erin Rynning and Dave Tuley were both on the under 8. Peta is 6-3 on Sunday night games for a net profit of 3.53 units (risking the price on the favorite to win 1 unit or laying 1 unit on the underdog) while Tuley is 4-2 for a net profit of 1.7 units on over/unders. Rynning, who made his season debut last week, is 1-0 with a profit of 1 unit.

Here's the Chalk team's take on how to bet Pirates-Cubs.