Gameday 70: Jared Jones on the mound to face the Rockies

Jones can help Pirates secure series win

Jun 15, 2024

Backed by three home runs, the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Colorado Rockies in the first of their three-game set this weekend.

Andrew McCutchen, Bryan Reynolds, and Jack Suwinski hit homers for the Pirates, and Luis Ortiz pitched five strong innings in a combined bullpen game.

The Pirates will turn to Jared Jones now to try and take the series from the Rockies. They will face lefty Ty Blach, who will pitch for Colorado.

It will be interesting to monitor the status of Henry Davis and Oneil Cruz. Davis left the game early with concussion-like symptoms, and Cruz was scratched at the last minute with an ankle issue.

The first pitch is expected around 9:10 pm ET.

Pirates Lineup

DH - Andrew McCutchen

LF - Bryan Reynolds

2B - Nick Gonzales

1B - Connor Joe

3B - Ke’Bryan Hayes

RF - Edward Olivares

C - Yasmani Grandal

SS - Jared Triolo

CF - Michael A. Taylor

Rockies Lineup

DH - Charlie Blackmon

SS - Ezequiel Tovar

3B - Ryan McMahon

1B - Elehuris Montero

LF - Nolan Jones

RF - Michael Toglia

CF - Jake Cave

C - Hunter Goodman

2B - Adael Amador

Pitching Matchup

PIT - Jared Jones (4-5, 3.27 ERA, 74.1 IP, 18 BB, 79 K)

COL - Ty Blach (2-4, 4.84 ERA, 44.2 IP, 8 BB, 22 K)

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WTM

Jun 16

There's really nobody who can "improve" a team like Ben Cherington. The Pirates' biggest need last offseason was hitting, so he came up with guys who now have wRC+ figures of 61, 45 and 28. They needed a catcher and got Grandal, whose slapstick performance today just added to the legend -- he combines the bat of Austin Hedges with the glove of Ryan Doumit. And now bumbling Ben's two latest bullpen additions have combined for an ERA of 41.73. How does he do it?

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