The Pittsburgh Pirates will play the Cincinnati Reds in Game 1 of their series at Great American Ball Park on Monday night.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 51-88 this season and have lost four of their last five games. Pittsburgh is coming off of a series loss against St. Louis, where they lost two out of three games. The Pittsburgh pitching staff has a 4.68 ERA, a 1.43 WHIP, and a .263 opponent batting average this season. The Pirates offense has scored 492 runs with a .222 batting average and a .288 on base percentage. Bryan Reynolds is batting .254 with 21 home runs and 51 RBI’s for the Pirates this season. The projected starter for Pittsburgh is Bryse Wilson, who is 2-8 with a 6.11 ERA and a 1.49 WHIP over 88.1 innings pitched this season.
The Cincinnati Reds are 56-82 this season and have won three of their last five games. Cincinnati is coming off of a series loss against Milwaukee, where they lost two out of the three games played. The Cincinnati pitching staff has a 4.91 ERA, a 1.40 WHIP, and a .255 opponent batting average. The Reds offense has scored 594 runs with a .242 batting average and a .309 on base percentage this year. Kyle Farmer is batting .265 with 10 home runs and 64 RBI’s for the Reds this season. The projected starter for Cincinnati is Mike Minor, who is 4-10 with a 5.70 ERA and a 1.56 WHIP over 90 innings pitched this season.
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