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The Pittsburgh Pirates (69-91) take on the Cincinnati Reds (73-87) for three games this weekend at PNC Park in the final series of the season. In game two tonight, the Pirates will send out James Marvel for his fourth big league start. He made his debut at home against the St Louis Cardinals and allowed two runs over five innings. Since then, he has made two road starts, giving up a total of 12 runs over 7.1 innings.

The Reds are countering with 25-year-old righty Lucas Sims, who has a 4.39 ERA in 41 innings, with 56 strikeouts and a 1.15 WHIP. He has made three starts and 20 relief appearances. Sims made his season debut against the Pirates on May 28th and allowed four runs over 7.1 innings. Since then he has faced them in relief twice and given up a total of four runs over 3.1 innings.

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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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