The Pittsburgh Pirates will look to play spoilers when they travel to Citi Field on Thursday night to take on the New York Mets. The Pirates (55-88) have reeled off four straight games and are still stuck in last place in the NL Central Division standings. On Wednesday, DH Rodolfo Castro homered and drove in four runs to power Pittsburgh to a 10-4 road triumph against Cincinnati.
Twenty-eight year old righty J.T. Brubaker (3-11 4.36 ERA) will head to the hill for the Pirates in this contest. Through 138 plus innings, Brubaker has allowed 16 home runs while striking out 140 batters.
The New York Mets have lost three games in a row and their lead over Atlanta for first place in the NL East Division has been trimmed to a half-game. Last night, New York SP David Peterson (7-5) was rocked for five runs and recorded just one out during a 6-3 home loss versus Chicago. All-Star 1B Pete Alonso hit his 35th home run of the season in a losing effort for the Mets (89-55).
The Mets will counter with thirty-five year old righty Carlos Carrasco (14-6 3.80 ERA) on Thursday. In his last start, Carrasco allowed one run in six innings during an 11-3 road victory against Miami.
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- Pirates are 5-12 in their last 17 during game 1 of a series.
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- Over is 34-15-2 in the last 51 meetings in New York.
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