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Live Discussion: Pirates Try to Take the Series Against the White Sox

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The Pittsburgh Pirates take on the Chicago White Sox this afternoon in the deciding game of a three game series. The Pirates won their home opener on Friday, but lost yesterday in an 11-5 contest.

The bottom half of today’s lineup features four players with a strikeout rate over 30% in the young season. Rodolfo Castro picked up two hits yesterday, but is striking out 31% of the time. Jack Suwinski is at 35%, Ji-Man Choi is at 44%, and Canaan Smith-Njigba is at 62%.

The Pirates are going up against Michael Kopech, who struggled in his first time out. We’ll see today whose struggles continue: Kopech or the bottom of the Pirates’ order.

PIRATES VS WHITE SOX

Game Time: 1:35 PM EST

Pirates Starter: Johan Oviedo (0-0, 7.71)

White Sox Starter: Michael Kopech (0-1, 13.50)

Pirates Lineup:

Tim Williams
Tim Williams
Tim is the owner, producer, editor, and lead writer of PiratesProspects.com. He has been running Pirates Prospects since 2009, becoming the first new media reporter and outlet covering the Pirates at the MLB level in 2011 and 2012. His work can also be found in Baseball America, where he has been a contributor since 2014 and the Pirates' correspondent since 2019.

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