Gameday 150: Pirates head to St. Louis for series against Cardinals

Paul Skenes vs Andre Pallante

Sep 16, 2024

The Pirates hope for a performance similar to the last time Paul Skenes pitched in St. Louis. Skenes struck out eight in 6.1 shutout innings, although he picked up a no-decision in the start.

After avoiding a series sweep against the Royals over the weekend, the Pirates head to St. Louis to face their divisional opponent one last time this season.

Pittsburgh has won just four of the 10 games they’ve played against the Cardinals this year.

Skenes will face Andre Pallante, who has pitched against the Pirates twice in 2024. He has combined to allow just two earned runs in 13 innings pitched.

Game one has an expected start time of 7:45 pm ET.

Pirates Lineup

SS - Isiah Kiner-Falefa

LF - Bryan Reynolds

DH - Joey Bart

1B - Connor Joe

RF - Bryan De La Cruz

C - Yasmani Grandal

2B - Nick Yorke

3B - Jared Triolo

CF - Billy Cook

Lineup

SS - Maysn Winn

DH - Alec Burleson

1B - Paul Goldschmidt

3B - Nolan Arenado

2B - Brendan Donovan

LF - Lars Nootbaar

RF - Jordan Walker

C - Pedro Pages

CF - Michael Siani

Pitching Matchup

PIT - Paul Skenes (10-2, 2.10 ERA, 120 IP, 31 BB, 151 K)

STL - Andre Pallante (6-8, 4.13 ERA, 102.1 IP, 45 BB, 77 K)

Yesterday’s Feature

Bucs On Deck

Pirates 2024 Minor League Recaps: Bradenton Part 2, Pitchers

The Pirates, in drafting pitchers, seem to be focusing on high-risk, high-reward strategies. One is adding prep pitchers, which in and of itself is a high variance scheme. The other is going for college pitchers with good arms but histories of control and/or injury problems. These approaches are going to produce some f…

2 months ago · 6 likes · 3 comments · WTM

Today’s Feature

Bucs On Deck

10 Observations: Bubba Chandler Brilliance, Termarr Johnson surging, Lonnie White Jr.

Murphy 9/10—I’m not sure there is more I can say about Bubba Chandler that hasn’t yet. The rise he’s made over the past year has been incredible. He’s on another level right now, even factoring in his previous game with the five walks (still struck out eight). There’s legitimately a possibility he has four pitches that could e…

2 months ago · 4 likes · 16 comments · Anthony Murphy and WTM

Support the site by becoming a paid member, and get access to all of our premium content, including our Top 25 list with complete player write-ups and video breakdowns, which come out weekly.

It will also give access to my player feature articles from on-site trips.

Bucs On Deck

Bucs on Deck Top 25 Final Update

With the draft and trade deadline over with, we have updated our top 25 prospects in the Pirates system for the 2024 season…

3 months ago · 9 likes · 22 comments · Anthony Murphy

We have monthly and yearly plans available, with the latter costing an average of $4.16/month.