The Pittsburgh Pirates will play the San Francisco Giants in Game 1 of their series at Oracle Park on Friday night.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 45-67 this season and have lost five of their last seven games. Pittsburgh is coming off of a series loss against Arizona, where they lost three out of the four games played in the series. The Pittsburgh pitching staff has a 4.60 ERA, a 1.42 WHIP, and a .264 opponent batting average this season. The Pirates offense has scored 405 runs with a .220 batting average and a .289 on base percentage. Bryan Reynolds is batting .256 with 16 home runs and 35 RBI’s for the Pirates this season. The projected starter for Pittsburgh is Bryse Wilson, who is 2-6 with a 5.86 ERA and a 1.52 WHIP over 66 innings pitched this season.
The San Francisco Giants are 54-57 this season and have won three of their last five games. San Francisco is coming off of a series loss against San Diego, where they lost two out of the three games played. The San Francisco pitching staff has a 3.98 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and a .252 opponent batting average. The Giants offense has scored 506 runs with a .235 batting average and a .319 on base percentage this year. Wilmer Flores is batting .251 with 16 home runs and 57 RBI’s for the Giants this season. The projected starter for San Francisco is Carlos Rodon, who is 10-6 with a 2.95 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP over 128.1 innings pitched this season.
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