Lineup: Kevin Newman SS, Bryan Reynolds RF, Starling Marte CF, Josh Bell DH, Colin Moran 2B, Corey Dickerson LF, Jose Osuna 1B, Jung Ho Kang 3B, Jake Stallings C (Joe Musgrove P). J-Bell gets to rest his legs for the whole series while Joey O's hot bat stays in play. Bryan Reynolds is back from his bruised shin, Jake gives Eli a blow and Redbeard takes over second from Fraze.
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| This is Colin's sixth start at second - image AT&T SportsNet |
Pitchers: RHP Joe Musgrove (4-7/5.47) closes it out against RHP Brad Peacock (6-5/3.62). Big Joe went fastball/slider heavy in his last outing with pretty good success. We'll see if that mix trends against Houston. He's going on five days rest, a pretty common occurrence for Joe. This will be Musgrove's first tilt against the organization he grew up with. Peacock has been strong in his past nine games, going 4-3/2.63 with 61 K in 51 IP, but only has won once in his past six starts, something the Bucs would like to have remain a thing. He doesn't have much of a history against the Pirates, tossing just two innings against them back in 2016.
Notes:
- Kevin Newman has a 16-game hitting streak on the line today.
- PAT should have a direct route - The Pirates optioned RHP Dario Agrazal to Indy and recalled RHP Dovydas Neverauskas.
- Rookie Davis' blister has morphed into forearm tightness; he's still got five days left of a no-throw regimen before being reevaluated.
- The Orioles acquired Greensboro IF Patrick Dorrian as the PTBNL in the Yefry Ramirez deal; the 23-year-old is batting .256 and was assigned to the O's Hi-A team.
- Per KDKA's John Shumway, Pirates President Frank Coonelly says the Pirates are in the active planning stage to extend the protective netting at PNC Park by the foul poles; the team isn't waiting on an MLB directive. Timeline TBD.
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