Gameday 117: Pirates look to avoid another sweep
Bailey Falter vs Tyler Glasnow
The Pittsburgh Pirates are looking to avoid a sweep in the second consecutive series with a Sunday afternoon game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on the West Coast.
Paul Skenes allowed four runs across six innings on Saturday, getting his second loss of the season. Ke’Bryan Hayes hit his first home run since June, providing the only run on the night scored by the offense.
Bailey Falter will get the start, his previous outing was cut short by rain. He will be opposed by former Pirates Tyler Glasnow, who will be looking for his 10th win of the season.
Pirates Lineup
DH - Andrew McCutchen
LF - Bryan Reynolds
SS - Oneil Cruz
C - Joey Bart
1B - Rowdy Tellez
2B - Isiah Kiner-Falefa
3B - Ke’Bryan Hayes
RF - Ji Hwan Bae
CF - Michael A. Taylor
Lineup
DH - Shohei Ohtani
LF - Teoscar Hernandez
1B - Freddie Freeman
C - Will Smith
2B - Amed Rosario
SS - Miguel Rojas
3B - Enrique Hernandez
RF - Andy Pages
CF - Kevin Kiermaier
Pitching Matchup
PIT - Bailey Falter (5-7, 3.87 ERA, 97.2 IP, 28 BB, 65 K)
LAD - Tyler Glasnow (9-6, 3.54 ERA, 127 IP, 34 BB, 164 K)
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When Bednar came out for the 9th, I thought why not give Chapman a second inning since to win we knew we'd have to get through the 10th?
When Bednar came back out for the 10th, I thought Shelton is probably the only manager in baseball who would watch his struggling closer pitch a scoreless 9th and still bring him back out for the 10th.
Not saying I'm right, just that I really didn't like the way Shelton managed the 9th or 10th.
They're not even going to make a game out of one of these.