The Pittsburgh Pirates will play the Colorado Rockies in Game 3 of their series at Coors Field on Sunday afternoon.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 38-54 this season and have lost four games in a row. Pittsburgh has lost the first two games of this series by scores of 13-2 and 2-0. The Pittsburgh pitching staff has a 4.69 ERA, a 1.43 WHIP, and a .260 opponent batting average this season. The Pirates offense has scored 332 runs with a .220 batting average and a .289 on base percentage. Bryan Reynolds is batting .261 with 15 home runs and 32 RBI’s for the Pirates this season. The Pirates have not announced who will start on Sunday afternoon.
The Colorado Rockies are 43-49 this season and have won five games in a row. Prior to winning the first two games of this series, Colorado won three out of four games against the Padres. The Colorado pitching staff has a 4.86 ERA, a 1.43 WHIP, and a .272 opponent batting average. The Rockies offense has scored 424 runs with a .262 batting average and a .325 on base percentage this year. C.J. Cron is batting .295 with 21 home runs and 69 RBI’s for the Rockies this season. The projected starter for Colorado is Austin Gomber, who is 5-7 with a 6.11 ERA and a 1.43 WHIP over 84 innings pitched this season.