Gameday 30: Pirates head to Oakland for three games against the Athletics

After losing two of three against the Giants, the Pirates head to Oakland for a set against the Athletics

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Jared Jones allowed a pair of home runs and three runs overall over five innings pitched, only striking out three en route to getting the loss on Sunday.

The offense only managed two runs, both driven in by Jared Triolo, as the Pirates lost two of three against the San Francisco Giants.

They will head to Oakland to play the 12-17 Athletics for three games before returning home.

Bailey Falter will pitch for the Pirates. He is coming off his best start of the season, striking out eight in seven innings pitched and earning the win against the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Monday and Tuesday games have an expected start of 9:40 pm ET, with the series finale a day game at 3:37 pm ET.

Pirates Lineup

3B - Ke’Bryan Hayes

RF - Bryan Reynolds

SS - Oneil Cruz

DH - Andrew McCutchen

LF - Jack Suwinski

2B - Jared Triolo

1B - Rowdy Tellez

C - Joey Bart

CF - Michael A. Taylor

Athletics Lineup

LF - Esteury Ruiz

RF - Tyler Nevin

DH - Brent Rooker

1B - Abraham Toro

C - Shea Langeliers

2B - Max Schuemann

CF - JJ Bleday

3B - Darell Hernaiz

SS - Nick Allen

Pitching Matchup

PIT - Bailey Falter (2-1, 3.33 ERA, 27 IP, 7 BB, 18 K)

OAK - Joe Boyle (1-4, 7.06 ERA, 21.2 IP, 16 BB, 24 K)

Yesterday’s Feature

Garret Forrester: Strong week fueled by protection of outer half of strike zone

Garret Forrester got off to a rough start but had himself a solid series against the Clearwater Threshers. A big part of that was his ability to control the outer half of the strike zone, going the other way a couple of times for extra-base hits. I breakdown what he did so well in the series.

Today’s Feature

10 observations: Jesus Castillo struggles, JP Massey's big start, Eddy Rodriguez debuts

It’s another Monday, so it means another ‘10 observation’ feature, where we keep track of what’s going on throughout the system as things happen. A collection of thoughts throughout the week.

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Garret Forrester: Strong week fueled by protection of outer half of strike zone

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