Gameday 85: Jared Jones on the mound to face the Cardinals
Jared Jones faces off against Mile Mikolas in game two of series.
The Pirates look to rebound after a 7-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday. Mitch Keller continued his streak of completing five innings but did allow five runs on nine hits.
Jack Suwinski came through with a three-hit performance, including his seventh home run of the season. Andrew McCutchen also hit his 12th.
Jared Jones will pitch for the first time in a week as the Pirates look to manage his innings to get through an entire season. He’s already at 86 innings pitched, having thrown 126 last year.
First pitch is expected around 6:40 pm ET.
Pirates Lineup
DH - Andrew McCutchen
LF - Bryan Reynolds
SS - Oneil Cruz
RF - Edward Olivares
1B - Rowdy Tellez
2B - Nick Gonzales
3B - Ke’Bryan Hayes
C - Joey Bart
CF - Jack Suwinski
Cardinals Lineup
SS - Masyn Winn
RF - Alec Burleson
C - Wilson Contreras
1B - Paul Goldschmidt
LF - Brendan Donovan
3B - Nolan Arenado
DH - Brandon Crawford
2B - Nolan Gorman
CF - Michael Siani
Pitching Matchup
PIT - Jared Jones (5-6, 3.66 ERA, 86 IP, 25 BB, 93 K)
STL - Miles Mikolas (6-7, 5.32 ERA, 94.2 IP, 18 BB, 68 K)
Yesterday’s Feature
With June wrapped up, we have officially finished three months of the minor league season. Yesterday, we looked at the Pirates’ system's leaderboards in the hitting and pitching categories.
Today’s Feature
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The "Palacios to be promoted" to "Palacios is no longer expected to be promoted" is a hilarious storyline.
Hell yeah Cruz!!