Tuesday: Pirates at Twins; Yesterday's Recap & Notes

Game: The Bucs go to Fort Myers to visit the Twinkies at CenturyLink Sports Complex's Hammond Stadium. The game begins at 1:05 and there's no local broadcast; the match is on MLB Gameday. The weather is a little threatening, so keep an eye on that.

Lineup: Erik Gonzalez SS, Jung Ho Kang 3B, Pat Livlehan LF, Will Craig 1B, Bryan Reynolds RF, Kevin Kramer 2B, JB Shuck CF, Jason Martin DH, Steven Baron C (Mitch Keller P). JHK batting second, hmmm, and another look at future Buccos Craig, Kramer, Reynolds and Martin. Ke'Bryan Hayes and Lolo Sanchez are penciled in for today's second wave.

Erik Gonzalez leading it off today (photo Pittsburgh Pirates)

Pitchers: RHP Mitch Keller v. RHP Tyler Duffy. RHP Michael Feliz, LHP Tyler Lyons, RHP Brandon Maurer and RHP JT Brubaker will work behind Keller. We get to see the next-ups, Keller and Brubaker, in their first action of the spring.

Yesterday: Walks are a bane and today was no different. Boston turned an early Bryce Brentz homer and a shaky outing by Elvis Escobar - two walks and a missed catch error - into a 3-1 lead. The Bucs had an answer, scoring their first run on a Colin Moran double and Kevin Newman sac fly into a run, then using three walks to manufacture three eighth-inning tallies and a 4-3 win over the Red Sox. The win went to Eduardo Vera and Morgan DuRapau earned the save.

Notes:

• Ol' Bucco mateys Gorkys Hernandez and Bryce Brentz started for the Red Sox yesterday. 
• Adam Berry of MLB.com makes a case for Pablo Reyes.
• Trevor Williams, Felipe Vazquez, Keone Kela and Richard Rodriguez worked a sim game at camp yesterday.
• Richard Justice of MLB.com thinks the Pirates are one of five teams that could be sneaky good this season.