PITTSBURGH — The Pirates and Mets were rained out Monday evening, and the teams will play a traditional doubleheader, which will start at 4:05 p.m. The second game will start approximately 30 minutes after the end of the first game.
The Pirates have not officially announced their pitching plans for the rescheduled affair, but their website currently lists Jonathon Niese, who was scheduled to start Monday, and Francisco Liriano, was scheduled to start on Wednesday, as the pitchers for the doubleheader. Juan Nicasio was scheduled to start Tuesday night for the Pirates.
The Mets will start Steven Mats in Game 1 and Jacob de Grom in Game 2 with Noah Syndergaard starting on Wednesday.