Spring Training Gameday 19: Pirates head to Dunedin to face Blue Jays on Roansy Day

Roansy Contreras takes the mound for the Pirates against the Blue Jays

Mar 13, 2024

The Pittsburgh Pirates head to Dunedin to play the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. They are coming off a 5-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves, where they hit another three home runs on the day.

They lead all of baseball this spring with 34 home runs hit.

On the mound for the Pirates will be Roansy Contreras, who is looking to lock down a rotation spot. He’s shown some moments, but it’s mostly been struggles for Contreras, who has allowed five earned runs on nine hits and four walks in 6.2 innings pitched while striking out just a single batter.

The velocity has ticked up from last year, but it still isn’t missing enough bats to be effective, and the control is shaky.

Chris Bassitt will get the start for the Blue Jays. First pitch is expected around 1:07 pm ET.

Pirates Lineup

SS - Oneil Cruz

2B - Liover Peguero

DH - Rowdy Tellez

C - Henry Davis

CF - Edward Olivares

RF - Jake Lamb

LF - Gilberto Celestino

3B - Alika Williams

1B - Joe Perez

Expected Pitchers

Roansy Contreras

Carmen Mlodzinski

Jose Hernandez

Ryder Ryan

Hunter Stratton

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