The Pittsburgh Pirates (18-8) take on the Washington Nationals (9-15) in a day/night doubleheader in Washington. You can find the starting pitchers for game one below. Game two information will be added to the article at the bottom prior to the 6:05 PM start, with a new title up top once the lineups are made available.
**Miguel Andujar has joined the Pirates, and he will be staying after this doubleheader. There’s a Wil Crowe update here that isn’t good.
**Anthony Murphy takes a closer look at Tres Gonzalez and his solid start to the season.
**Last night’s Prospect Watch was up late, in case you missed it.
**Endy Rodriguez has returned to action…sort of.
PIRATES @ NATIONALS
Game Time: 1:05 PM EST
Pirates Starter: Rich Hill (2-2, 4.50)
Dodgers Starter: Patrick Corbin (1-3, 5.88)
Pirates Lineups:
Game 1 vs. the Nationals.
Nationals Lineups:
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— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) April 29, 2023
INDIANAPOLIS VS COLUMBUS
Game Time: 6:35 PM EST
Projected Starter: Luis Ortiz (1-1, 2.31)Luis Ortiz gets the start today. We will see what we get from him. He was picking up a lot of strikeouts in his first three games, but working with high pitch counts that limited his outings. His last two games saw him collect just three strikeouts total, yet both were solid performances. Somewhere in between those two results would be perfect, giving you a more efficient strike-thrower who misses bats.
ALTOONA AT READING
Game Time: 5:00 PM EST DH
Projected Starter: Aaron Shortridge (1-1, 5.40)Altoona was rained out yesterday, so they will go for a doubleheader today. No starter is listed for either game.
Aaron Shortridge gets the game one start.
GREENSBORO VS ROME
Game Time: 5:00 PM EST DH
Projected Starter: Po-Yu Chen (0-1, 5.27)Greensboro had the second half of a doubleheader rained out yesterday, so they will try again for a doubleheader today. Valentin Linarez was scheduled yesterday, but today just has the same two pitchers listed as Altoona (aka TBA)
Po-Yu Chen has been announced as the game one starter.
BRADENTON AT DUNEDIN
Game Time: 6:30 PM EST
Projected Starter: Luis Peralta (0-0, 0.00)Bradenton has a 12-7 record, best among the four Pirates affiliates. Luis Peralta makes his second start of the season. He had five strikeouts over two innings in his debut. Lefties are notoriously tough on Low-A hitters, especially with the level looking more like raw tool players over a mix of tools/fillers. Peralta has been racking up strikeouts at the level, but lack of control has held him back.
**GAME TWO**
After winning the opener by a 6-3 score, the Pirates go for the sweep at 6:05 PM
Vince Velasquez (3-2, 3.76) takes on former Pirates pitcher Chad Kuhl (0-1, 7.36)
Here are the lineups:
Pirates
Let’s do it again.
Nationals
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