Gameday 72: Paul Skenes opens series up against Reds at home
Paul Skenes faces the Reds at home
For the first time this season, the Pittsburgh Pirates will face the Cincinnati Reds. Paul Skenes will be on the mound for the home team, as his start was pushed back to Monday to give him an extra day of rest.
The Pirates are coming off a series where they took two of three on the road against the Colorado Rockies. Cincinnati lost two of three against the Brewers over the weekend.
Both teams enter today with an identical 34-37 record and one game out of the wild card spot.
First pitch is expected around 6:40 pm ET.
Pirates Lineup
DH - Andrew McCutchen
LF - Bryan Reynolds
SS - Oneil Cruz
2B - Nick Gonzales
1B - Rowdy Tellez
3B - Ke’Bryan Hayes
RF - Connor Joe
CF - Jack Suwinski
C - Yasmani Grandal
Reds Lineup
CF - TJ Friedl
SS - Elly De La Cruz
3B - Jeimer Candelario
1B - Spencer Steer
RF - Jake Fraley
C - Tyler Stephenson
DH - Nick Martini
2B - Jonathan India
LF - Will Benson
Pitching Matchup
PIT - Paul Skenes (3-0, 2.43 ERA, 33.1 IP, 6 BB, 46 K)
CIN - Carson Spiers (0-0, 2.33 ERA, 19.1 IP, 7 BB, 12 K)
Yesterday’s Feature
This past Friday, we released our midseason update for the 25 prospects in the Pirates’ system. Yesterday, we looked at some names that didn’t make it but are gaining momentum and could eventually make it.
Today’s Feature
In our latest edition of ‘10 Observations,’ we took a look at Charles McAdoo and his quick start to the week, as well as some other hitting performances throughout the system.
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Booyah!! #35 down and 90 to go!! Series clinch with Mitchie the Kid on the bump tomorrow!! Raise it!!!
Game report:
-Crowd was solid (for a Pirates eternally under .500 summer Monday with their phenom pitcher on the mound)…even with the early weather there seemed to be a lot of walk up sales
-Would like to see a little more hype on Skenes’ 2-strike pitches, but otherwise the crowd was pretty engaged the entire way
-Grandal is a paycheck-collecting hack
-As Rowdy has climbed out of the abyss, Joe has seemingly fallen into it
-Elly is sure fun to watch