What's hurting the Cubs pitching is the longball. In the NL, the Cubs pitchers have more strikeouts (165) than other team. BAA the Cubs pitchers is a mere .229, second to only the Mets (and that's with Miller on the team!). Despite these good numbers, the Cubs are only 6th in the NL in ERA. The reason? The Cubs have given up more homers than any team, save the Nationals.