Bucs Final Trip, The King v DeSclafani, Lineup & Notes from GABP

Today: The game starts at 6:40 and will be on AT&T SportsNet and 93.7The Fan.

Pitchers: RHP Nick Kingham (5-7, 5.23) opens against RHP Anthony DeSclafani (7-7, 4.91). The 26-year-old Kingham will be making his 15th big league start/18th appearance tonight. He's gone 0-3/12.19 in his last four starts and has a final chance to put up. He allowed two runs in 6-1/3 innings to win a 6-2 decision against the Reds in July. De Sclafani is a strong starter but the classic "can't get through the order a third time" guy. He's 1-1/4.50 against the Bucs in two starts, giving up five runs in 10 IP.

Nick gets a last look (photo Pittsburgh Pirates)

Lineup: Adam Frazier RF, Starling Marte CF, J-Bell 1B, Corey Dickerson LF, Elias Diaz C, Colin Moran 3B, Kevin Kramer 2B, Kevin Newman SS & Kingham P. The Kevins team up today.

Notes:

• The Pirates have won six straight games against the Reds and have gone 8-1 in the last nine meetings.
• Josh Bell has reached base safely in 17 of his last 18 games and put up a .407 OBP in 21 games this month.
• Jung-Ho Kang is in town and wearing #16. He played his last MLB game on October 2nd, 2016.
• Pablo Reyes recorded Pittsburgh’s 34th outfield assist of the season last night. The Bucco outfielders led the NL in assists (the Cubs have 28) and are tied with the Tigers for the MLB lead.