Gameday 50: Jared Jones on the mound with a chance to clinch series victory against the Giants
Gameday 50: Jared Jones on the mound with a chance to clinch series victory against the Giants
Jared Jones will face reigning NL Cy Young winner Blake Snell
The Pirates scored four runs in the ninth to tie the game before finally winning in extra-innings on a Nick Gonzales walk-off base hit.
Oneil Cruz hit not one but two balls with an exit velocity of 120 mph or more.
Martin Perez didn’t get out of the fifth inning, but Luis Ortiz picked up and pitched 2.2 solid innings in relief.
Jared Jones will take the mound looking for his fourth win of the season. He picked up the victory in the last series against the Cubs, pitching six innings and striking out seven while allowing three earned runs.
While he hasn’t gotten off to a great start, Blake Snell is the reigning Cy Young winner in the NL and will pitch for the Giants.
He has an ERA of 11.57 in three games, all of which he picked up the loss in.
First pitch is expected around 6:40 pm ET.
Pirates Lineup
DH - Andrew McCutchen
LF - Bryan Reynolds
1B - Connor Joe
RF - Edward Olivares
2B - Nick Gonzales
SS - Oneil Cruz
C - Joey Bart
3B - Jared Triolo
CF - Michael A. Taylor
Giants Lineup
CF - Luis Matos
1B - LaMonte Wade Jr.
2B - Thairo Estrada
3B - Matt Chapman
C - Patrick Bailey
DH - Jorge Soler
LF - Heliot Ramos
RF - Mike Yastrzemski
SS - Marco Luciano
Pitching Matchup
PIT - Jared Jones (3-4, 2.89 ERA, 53 IP, 7 BB, 63 K)
SF - Blake Snell (0-3, 11.57 ERA, 11.2 IP, 5 BB, 12 K)
Yesterday’s Feature
WTM took a look at the prior week for the Bradenton Marauders and FCL Pirates in his weekly ‘This Week in Bradenton’ feature.
Today’s Feature
With so much attention on velocity in the game today, Michael Kennedy embraces the challenge of attacking hitters with a fastball that only averages 90 mph.
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As I wrote here when they signed Chapman, I found him excruciating to watch last year but he generally got the job done after a ton of harrowing moments. This year he’s failing too many times to wriggle out of all the walks and three-ball counts. He is who he is at this point: unhittable when he’s on, but his on moments are getting rare. In this context losing Borucki really hurts.
Another bad pen night.