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The Pittsburgh Pirates have only been below .500 for a grand total of three days this season.

It’s my assumption that when making a statement like the one above, you count the days that ended with them below .500. Yesterday was the third day this year they ended up below .500.

Prior to that, they dropped to 26-27 on May 29th against the Giants, and 1-2 on April 2nd against the Reds.

Three days below .500.

What’s interesting is how they’ve responded each of the previous two times. They won four in a row starting on April 3rd. They didn’t lose two games in a row until April 30th-May 2nd. They dipped below .500 to start the year, but had a month of winning, with two four game streaks and a seven game streak.

The month of May was the exact opposite. They went on a long losing streak in the first half, and eventually dropped below .500 on May 29th. They won the next six games, but a recent five game losing streak has put them back below .500.

Are we about to see another winning streak?

Luis Ortiz takes the mound for the Pirates today against the first place Brewers. It would all start there. Follow along today in the comments. I’ll have the Pirates recap after the game. John Dreker will have the minor league results as they’re finished.

PIRATES GAME PREVIEWS

PIRATES (34-35) AT BREWERS

Game Time: 2:10 PM EST
Pirates Starter: Luis Ortiz, RHP (1-3, 4.64)
Brewers Starter: Freddy Peralta, RHP (5-6, 4.73)
Pirates Lineups:

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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