Gameday 95: Luis Ortiz on the mound to face the White Sox
Pirates can clinch series with win on Saturday
Marco Gonzales returned from his injured list stint to pitch five innings of one-run ball and eventually picked up his first win in a Pirates uniform.
Carmen Mlodzinski, Colin Holderman, and David Bednar all pitched in relief as the Pirates beat the White Sox 4-1.
Ke’Bryan Hayes had a multi-hit game and four players had extra-base hits for the offense.
They will look to clinch the series on Saturday with a win, as Luis Ortiz will take the mound. Ortiz has been fantastic as the ‘bulk’ guy out of the bullpen and, more recently, as a part of the rotation.
Chris Flexen will pitch for the White Sox. They are one loss away from reaching 70 before the All-Star break.
First pitch is expected at 2:10 pm ET.
Pirates Lineup
DH - Andrew McCutchen
LF - Bryan Reynolds
SS - Oneil Cruz
1B - Rowdy Tellez
2B - Nick Gonzales
RF - Joshua Palacios
3B - Ke’Bryan Hayes
CF - Jack Suwinski
C - Yasmani Grandal
White Sox Lineup
RF - Tommy Pham
LF - Andrew Benintendi
CF - Luis Robert Jr.
DH - Gavin Sheets
1B - Andrew Vaughn
2B - Lenyn Sosa
SS - Nicky Lopez
3B - Paul DeJong
C - Martin Maldonando
Pitching Matchup
PIT - Luis Ortiz (4-2, 2.95 ERA, 61 IP, 18 BB, 52 K)
CHW - Chris Flexen (2-7, 4.95 ERA, 91 IP, 34 BB, 67 K)
Yesterday’s Feature
The Futures Game is today, so yesterday I looked at some players to watch.
Today’s Feature
With the draft on the horizon, I took a look at some hitters I will be keeping an eye on over the next couple of days.
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KC trades for Hunter Harvey. They Nats got back a prospect and a compA pick(39).
Regression starting for Milwaukee with another L today.
Pirates are primed for a run in the 2nd half.