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The Pittsburgh Pirates (5-3) travel to Chicago (2-7) for the homer opener at Wrigley Field this afternoon. The Pirates are sending Jameson Taillon to the mound for his third start, while the Cubs will counter with lefty Jon Lester, who is also making his third start. Lester has given up two runs over six innings in each of his two starts.

Here are the lineups for today:

Good Guys

bad guys

Update from the Pirates on Jameson Taillon, who took a glancing blow to the head on a liner that deflected off of his glove in the second inning:

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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