Dario v Adrian Houser, Lineup & Notes & Lotsa Moves

Game: The game starts at 4:05, with the broadcast on AT&T SportsNet & 93.7 The Fan. It's Hawaiian shirt night for the first 20,000 fans. Afternoon storms are forecast, with the best chance of them hitting between 5-7PM.

Lineup: Adam Frazier 2B, Bryan Reynolds RF, Starling Marte CF, Josh Bell 1B, Colin Moran 3B, Corey Dickerson LF, Kevin Newman SS, Elias Diaz C, Dario Agrazal P. Same cast of characters; hopefully, they kick it in a little sooner than they did last night.

Here goes Dario - photo Eric Estrada Getty/Pirates

Pitchers: RHP Dario Agrazal (1-0/2.70) takes on RHP Adrian Houser (2-2/3.26). 24-year-old Dario has hung in there so far and has twirled as hoped, serving as a back-end, pitch-to-contact guy who keeps the team in games. He gave them a good outing his last time out against the 'Stros, going six frames/99 pitches while allowing one run. No pressure on him today; just trying to be a stopper in a pennant race while making your first home start. Willy was originally scheduled to take the hill; he went on paternity leave. Houser began in the rotation, spent a couple of months in the bullpen, and will be making his third straight start. He hasn't thrown more than 78 pitches in a game yet and has made it through the fifth once in his four starts. Adrian has tossed against the Pirates twice this year and picked up a win while going three scoreless innings, giving up two hits, three walks, and fanning four.

Notes:

• Here's all the moves today: Trevor Williams was officially placed on the paternity list; his replacement is RHP Dario Agrazal, who was recalled from AAA and will start in Trevor's stead. RHP Dovy Neverauskas was optioned to AAA, LHP Steven Brault was placed on the 10-day IL with a left shoulder strain, and RHPs Montana DuRapau & Luis Escobar were recalled from Indy to man the breach. Escobar (2-1/2.76 Indy), a converted starter turned back-end reliever, is making his first stop in the show. The 23-year-old has 42 K in 36-1/3 IP and started the year at Bradenton before making the big jump to Indy (he was at Altoona last year). He's a fastball-slider guy, and as with almost every hard-throwing Buc farmhand, has control issues.
• The Pirates placed LHP Steven Brault on the 10-day IL, as noted above, after an MRI indicated his shoulder tightness last night was caused by a sprain. His spot can be bypassed once thanks to the ASG, so if he is just out 10 days, no rotation acrobatics will be needed in his absence. 
• Keone Kela tossed his sim game today and there were no immediate issues, so we'll see what the arm feels like tomorrow.
• Pirates prospect OF Travis Swaggerty got some love from Joe Bloss of MiLB.com.
• Zach Duke was released by the Reds; we still remember his red-hot rookie campaign here in 2005.