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The Pittsburgh Pirates (12-9) take on the Arizona Diamondbacks (13-11) in game three of a four-game series at PNC Park. Jordan Lyles makes his fourth start tonight. He has allowed just one run in 17 innings this season, and he’s coming off of six shutout frames in his last start. The Diamondbacks will counter with 30-year-old right-hander Merrill Kelly. He has just four career starts in the majors, all of them this season. Kelly has a 4.37 ERA in 22.2 innings, with 22 strikeouts and a 1.46 WHIP. He allowed three runs over 3.2 innings in his last start and walked seven batters.

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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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