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The Pittsburgh Pirates (51-70) take on the Chicago Cubs (64-58) for three games this weekend, with the first two taking place at PNC Park, before the series shifts to Williamsport, PA. The Pirates will send out Steven Brault this afternoon in game two of the series. He has made two starts since returning from a month stay on the injured list. In ten innings total over those two outings, Brault gave up six earned runs. He faced the Cubs once this year back in early April, allowing four runs over three innings of relief work. The Cubs will counter with veteran lefty Jon Lester, who has a 4.33 ERA in 128 innings, with 129 strikeouts, and a 1.41 WHIP. He has faced the Pirates twice this season, once was shortened due to rain. In 8.2 innings, he has given up three runs. Lester has a 10.93 ERA in three August starts.

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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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