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The Pittsburgh Pirates (39-42) take on the Milwaukee Brewers (44-39) for three games at Miller Park this weekend. The Pirates will send out Steven Brault for the series finale this afternoon. He gave up three runs over five innings against the San Diego Padres in his last start. That followed six shutout innings versus the Miami Marlins. Brault faced Milwaukee back on June 9th and gave up two runs over 6.1 innings, which is his longest outing of the season. The Brewers will counter with 26-year-old right-hander Zach Davies, who has a 3.34 ERA in 86.1 innings, with 57 strikeouts and a 1.39 WHIP. He has thrown a total of 11.2 innings in his last three starts combined, allowing 12 earned runs. Davies made two starts against the Pirates (6/2 and 6/8) and allowed five runs over 13 combined innings.

Some All-Star news from this morning. We will have a separate article tonight for the All-Star game reserves and pitchers.

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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