The Pittsburgh Pirates (6-4) take on the Houston Astros (5-6) in game two of a three-game series on Tuesday night at PNC Park. Game time is 6:35 PM. Lineups can be found below.
Mitch Keller makes his third start of the season. He has a 1-0, 3.86 record. The Astros are sending out right-handed pitcher Cristian Javier, who is 1-0, 3.27 in two starts.
**The Pirates picked up pitcher Eli Villalobos off of waivers today from the Miami Marlins. He has been optioned to Indianapolis.
We knew it was coming, but it didn’t take them long to place Oneil Cruz on the 60-day Injured List.
**The Pirates gave injury updates on JT Brubaker, Jared Triolo, Mike Burrows and Lonnie White Jr today, via Director of Sports Medicine Todd Tomczyk.
That link also has some minor roster moves for Indianapolis.
**Anthony Murphy has some early Statcast observations from the Indianapolis Indians after nine games.
**Jeff Reed looked at the match-ups this week around the minors for the four full-season affiliates of the Pirates. The is the first full week for Altoona, Bradenton and Greensboro.
**Brad Case has been assigned to Bradenton. He had a minor setback while getting ready for Opening Day, which landed him on the Altoona injured list. This will be his debut if he pitches today.
**Anymore news comes up, we will add it here.
UMPIRE SCORECARD
If you don’t follow Umpire Scorecard, you really need to add it to your life, just to experience the lows and sometimes highs of Major League umpires. Here’s yesterday’s Pirates game
Umpire: Nick Mahrley
Final: Astros 8, Pirates 2#Ready2Reign // #LetsGoBucs#HOUvsPIT // #PITvsHOUMore stats for this game
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Pirates
Game 2 vs. Houston.
Astros
Ready for round two.
