The Miami Marlins will play the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 3 of their series at PNC Park on Sunday afternoon.
The Miami Marlins are 44-50 this season and have lost five of their last six games. Miami won Game 1 of this series by a score of 8-1 on Friday night. The Miami pitching staff has a 3.77 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and a .235 opponent batting average this season. The Marlins offense has scored 379 runs with a .237 batting average and a .302 on base percentage. Jesus Aguilar is batting .252 with 11 home runs and 37 RBI’s for the Marlins this season. The projected starter for Miami is Sandy Alcantara, who is 9-4 with a 1.76 ERA and a 0.90 WHIP over 138.1 innings pitched this season.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 40-55 this season and have lost five of their last seven games. Pittsburgh won Game 2 of this series by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. The Pittsburgh pitching staff has a 4.65 ERA, a 1.43 WHIP, and a .260 opponent batting average. The Pirates offense has scored 342 runs with a .221 batting average and a .290 on base percentage this year. Ke’Bryan Hayes is batting .248 with four home runs and 28 RBI’s for the Pirates this season. The projected starter for Pittsburgh is Mitch Keller, who is 3-7 with a 4.55 ERA and a 1.46 WHIP over 89 innings pitched this season.