Willy v Kyle Hendricks, Lineup & Notes

Game: The contest begins at 7:05 and will be on MLB Network (out of market), AT&T SportsNet & 93.7 The Fan. 

Lineup: Adam Frazier 2B, Ke'Bryan 3B, Colin Moran 1B, Gregory Polanco RF, Jose Osuna DH, JT Riddle LF, Erik Gonzalez SS, Jake Stallings C, Jared Oliva CF and Trevor Williams P. J-Bell and B-Rey get seats tonight.

Jared starts in center - 2019 Fall League photo/Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitchers: RHP Trevor Williams (1-8, 6.70) meets RHP Kyle Hendricks. Willy has been flat out bad recently (0-4, w/30 runs, 27 earned, in 25 innings with 11 dingers), dishing out homers like Santa dishes out ho-ho-ho's. He hasn't seen the Cubbies since the end of July, and posted one of his better efforts against them, giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits with six strikeouts in 4-2/3 IP. Hendricks has been on fire this month (3-0, 1.21) and started his September run with a six-inning, one-run effort against the Bucs in his only meeting with Pittsburgh this year.

Notes:

• In his last two starts, Steven Brault had at one point put together 10 straight hitless innings. More importantly, he's on a 13-inning scoreless streak.
• Cole Tucker (concussion) has been shut down for the remainder of the season. Kevin Newman and Keone Kela are done, too.