Spring Training Gameday 13: Let's play two! split squad Pirates face Braves and Twins

Coming off their off day, the Pirates will play a pair of games on Friday.

Mar 08, 2024

The Pirates will jump right back into things after their first off day of the spring, playing a pair of games on Friday.

They will face the Minnesota Twins at home, while part of the team will travel to face the Atlanta Braves.

Marco Gonzales will be part of the team that will travel to face the Braves, while Martin Perez stays at home to play the Twins.

The Braves will send Max Fried to the mound in their game while Louis Varland pitches for the Twins.

Both games have an expected start time of 1:05 pm ET, with the home games against the Twins on Sports Net Pittsburgh.

Pirates Lineup vs Twins

DH - Andrew McCutchen

LF - Bryan Reynolds

3B - Ke’Bryan Hayes

CF - Jack Suwinski

1B - Rowdy Tellez

RF - Joshua Palacios

SS - Liover Peguero

2B - Tsung-Che Cheng

C - Jason Delay

Expected Pitchers vs Twins

Martin Perez

Roansy Contreras

Chase Anderson

Brent Honeywell Jr.

Connor Sadzeck

Pirates Lineup vs Braves

SS - Jared Triolo

RF - Connor Joe

CF - Edward Olivares

C - Ali Sanchez

LF - Gilberto Celestino

1B - Billy McKinney

DH - Canaan Smith-Njigba

3B - Alika Williams

2B - Sergio Alcantara

Expected Pitchers vs Braves

Marco Gonzales

Colin Selby

Hunter Stratton

Josh Fleming

Michael Plassmeyer

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