Pittsburgh Pirates (26-27, 2nd in NL Central) vs. San Francisco Giants (28-26, 3rd in NL West)
San Francisco; Tuesday, 9:45 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABIES: Pirates: Johan Oviedo (3-4, 4.70 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 48 strikeouts); Giants: John Brebbia (2-0, 3.68 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 31 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates will be looking to break their three-game hiatus in a match against the San Francisco Giants.
San Francisco is 16-11 at home and 28-26 overall. The Giants rank fifth in the majors with 76 total home runs, averaging 1.4 per game.
Pittsburgh are 26-27 overall and 14-14 away. The Pirates’ pitchers have a collective ERA of 4.07, which ranks third in the Netherlands.
Tuesday’s duel is the second meeting of these teams this season.
TOP PERFORMER: Michael Conforto has three doubles, 11 homers and 27 RBI for the Giants. Mitch Haniger is 15 of 41 with four doubles, two homers and 10 RBI in his last 10 games.
Bryan Reynolds has 16 doubles, three triples, seven homers and 33 RBI for the Pirates. Jack Suwinski is 10 of 36 with two doubles, four homers and eight RBI in his last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 7-3, .270 batting average, 2.66 ERA, outperformed opponents by 28 runs
Pirates: 3-7, .251 batting average, 5.71 ERA, 13 runs surpassed
INJURIES: Giants: Thairo Estrada: 10-day IL (wrist), Ross Stripling: 15-day IL (back), Joey Bart: 10-day IL (groin), Heliot Ramos: 60-day IL (oblique ), Joc Pederson: 10-day IL (hand), Roberto Perez: 60-day IL (shoulder), Luke Jackson: 60-day IL (elbow), Thomas Szapucki: 60-day IL (left arm) , Luis Gonzalez: 60-day IL (back)
Pirates: Carlos Santana: Day-to-Day (Lumbar), Vince Velasquez: 15-Day IL (Elbow), Wil Crowe: 60-Day IL (Shoulder), Ji-Man Choi: 60-Day IL (Achilles ), Oneil Cruz: 60-day IL (ankle), JT Brubaker: 60-day IL (elbow), Jarlin Garcia: 60-day IL (arm), Max Kranick: 60-day IL (elbow)
The Associated Press created this story using technology and data provided by Sportradar by Data Skrive.
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