Gameday 23: Jared Jones on the mound against the Milwaukee Brewers

Pirates losing streak currently at six

Apr 22, 2024

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ current losing streak reached six games after getting swept for the second straight series, this time by the Boston Red Sox.

With a sputtering offense, they haven’t put up much of a fight recently. They’ve scored two runs or less in five games in a row now.

Jared Jones will hit the mound again, coming off of perhaps his best start in the majors. At the very least it was his most efficient. It took him 59 pitches - 50 of which were for strikes - to make it through five innings before getting pulled from the game.

It will be a four-game series against the Brewers, who will send Joe Ross to the mound.

First pitch of game one will be at 6:40 pm ET.

Pirates Lineup

DH - Andrew McCutchen

RF - Bryan Reynolds

3B - Ke’Bryan Hayes

1B - Rowdy Tellez

LF - Jack Suwinski

CF - Michael A. Taylor

SS - Oneil Cruz

C - Henry Davis

2B - Alika Williams

Brewers Lineup

LF - Sal Frelick

C - William Contreras

SS - Willy Adames

1B - Jake Bauers

DH - Rhys Hoskins

CF - Blake Perkins

2B - Brice Turang

RF - Jackson Chourio

3B - Joey Ortiz

Pitching Matchup

PIT - Jared Jones (1-2, 3.13 ERA, 23 IP, 2 BB, 32 K)

MIL - Joe Ross (1-1, 4.91 ERA, 14.2 IP, 8 BB, 14 K)

Yesterday’s Feature

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