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Pirates Discussion: Two Games Against the Yankees Before a Long Road Trip

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The Pirates begin a short, two-game series against the Yankees, before heading on to a very long road trip.

They travel to Cincinnati on Thursday for a doubleheader. That is followed by three games in Milwaukee, four games in Miami, and three games in Colorado — without a single day off until the All-Star break. I guess the schedule makers decided the Pirates should suffer leading up to the break.

Jose Quintana (1-4, 3.43) will kick it off against former Bucco, Jameson Taillon (9-1, 3.32).

I imagine there will be a tribute video, as there should be, unlike some of the recently departed players they created a montage for.

YANKEES @ PIRATES

Time: 7:05 PM EST

Pirates Starter: Jose Quintana, (1-4, 3.43)

Yankees Starter: Jameson Taillon, (9-1, 3.32)

Quintana notes: Quintana closed out June with an 0-2 record, and 4.80 ERA. He gave up 5 home runs in the month, all in two games to Atlanta and San Francisco. In his final two starts, he threw 12 innings, allowing only three earned runs, with three walks and 12 strikeouts against the Cubs and Nationals.

LINEUPS:

Pirates

Yankees

1. DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B
2. Aaron Judge (R) CF
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. Giancarlo Stanton (R) RF
5. Gleyber Torres (R) DH
6. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B
7. Aaron Hicks (S) LF
8. Jose Trevino (R) C
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) SS

Roster updates, plenty of them

Bucs'N'Pucks (Jeff Reed)
Bucs'N'Pucks (Jeff Reed)
Raised in Cranberry Twp, PA, Jeff attended Kent State University and worked in Cleveland and Pittsburgh, before moving to New Orleans in September of 2012. His background is as an Engineering Designer, but he has always had a near unhealthy passion for Pittsburgh sports. Hockey and Baseball are his 1A and 1B, combined with his mathematical background, it's led to Jeff's desire in diving into analytics. Jeff is known as Bucs'N'Pucks in the comments, and began writing for Pirates Prospects in 2022 after contributing so many useful bits of information in the comment section.

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