Gameday 123: Pirates Turn To The Bullpen With Series On The Line
Mitch Keller continued working towards getting back to his top form, helping lead the Pirates to tie their weekend series up against the Minnesota Twins.
The All-Star struck out 12 batters in six innings, walking just one and allowing two runs. Andrew McCutchen hit his 11th home run and Ji-Hwan Bae has extra-base hit in both games since returning to the lineup.
Sunday’s game has a scheduled first pitch at 2:10 pm ET. Ryan Borucki is scheduled to start for the Pirates, in what appears to be a bullpen game.
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Both Termarr Johnson and Lonnie White Jr. returned to the lineup and came up with big hits. The FCL Pirates’ late season slide continued with another loss on Saturday.
Yesterday I looked at Aaron Shortridge, who has quietly been turning it on towards the end of the season.
Pitching Matchup
PIT - Ryan Borucki (1-0, 4.07 ERA)
MIN - Dallas Keuchel (0-1, 9.45 ERA)
Interesting seeing Skenes pitch on five days instead of seven days for the first time. Doubt it's a concern, especially at the numbers showing, but he had a few fastballs that were 95-96, while going heavy on off-speed pitches today, after average 100.1 MPH in his first game. Still a nice two innings, one hard hit ball that the wind held up and soft contact otherwise
Another Pirate game, another perfect game watch.