Gameday 96: Pirates look for sweep before heading into All-Star break
Pirates look for sweep with Mitch Keller on the mound
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored five runs in the seventh inning or beyond to clinch a series win on the road against the White Sox and now can go for the sweep on Sunday.
A win would allow them to head into the All-Star break on a four-game winning streak and push their record back to .500 with a potential 41-41 mark.
Bryan Reynolds picked up four hits and drove in four for the offense. Oneil Cruz drove in the other two runs.
Mitch Keller will get the start, with a sweep on the line for the Pirates with an expected start time of 2:10 pm ET.
Pirates Lineup
DH - Andrew McCutchen
LF - Bryan Reynolds
SS - Oneil Cruz
2B - Nick Gonzales
1B - Rowdy Tellez
3B - Ke’Bryan Hayes
RF - Joshua Palacios
C - Joey Bart
CF - Jack Suwinski
White Sox Lineup
RF - Tommy Pham
LF - Andrew Benintendi
CF - Luis Robert Jr.
DH - Eloy Jimenez
1B - Gavin Sheets
2B - Lenyn Sosa
SS - Nicky Lopez
3B - Paul De Jong
C - Korey Lee
Pitching Matchup
PIT - Mitch Keller (10-5, 3.40 ERA, 111.1 IP, 27 BB, 102 K)
CWS - Jared Shuster (1-2, 3.52 ERA, 38.1 IP, 17 BB, 25 K)
Yesterday’s Feature
Heading into the MLB Draft, I looked at some hitting prospects I liked that could be available beyond the first pick.
Today’s Feature
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I figured they’d use Bednar just to get him an inning.
Palacios is looking like Ninth-Inning-Palacios from last year. Not sure how seriously to take it, but it’s not like anybody has locked up the RF job. Good for him.
It's a relief to see them make a terrible team look like a terrible team.