43.5 F
Pittsburgh

Live Discussion: Pirates vs Mariners, 12:35 PM

Published:

The Pittsburgh Pirates (65-87) take on the Seattle Mariners (64-88) for three games at PNC Park this week. In the series finale this afternoon, the Pirates are sending out Joe Musgrove for his 30th start of the season. He has a 4.52 ERA in 159.1 innings, with 143 strikeouts and a 1.22 WHIP. He tossed five shutout innings in his last start, striking out seven against the San Francisco Giants. His last home start was 29 days ago when he allowed six runs over five innings against the Washington Nationals.

The Mariners are countering with 28-year-old rookie left-hander Yusei Kikuchi, who has a 5.46 ERA in 151.2 innings, with 111 strikeouts and a 1.52 WHIP. His last start was six days ago when he allowed five runs on ten hits in just 2.1 innings against the Chicago White Sox. Kikuchi has a 6.41 ERA since the All-Star break and a 5.03 ERA in 16 road starts.

Here are the lineups:

Good Guys

bad guys

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.

Related Articles

Article Drop

Latest Articles