Miami Marlins\u00a0(35-35, third in the NL East) vs.\u00a0Pittsburgh Pirates\u00a0(35-35, fourth in the NL Central)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pittsburgh; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins:\u00a0Lake Bachar\u00a0(0-0, 2.97 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 41 strikeouts); Pirates:\u00a0Bubba Chandler\u00a0(2-7, 4.91 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 62 strikeouts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LINE: Pirates -137, Marlins +116; over\/under is 9 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins will try to keep a four-game road win streak alive when they face the Pittsburgh Pirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pittsburgh has a 19-18 record in home games and a 35-35 record overall. The Pirates have hit 84 total home runs to rank sixth in the NL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Miami has gone 12-19 in road games and 35-35 overall. The Marlins have gone 13-29 in games when they have allowed a home run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The teams square off Saturday for the second time this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TOP PERFORMERS:\u00a0Brandon Lowe\u00a0has 16 doubles, a triple and 17 home runs for the Pirates.\u00a0Jake Mangum\u00a0is 14 for 34 with three doubles and a home run over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liam Hicks\u00a0leads the Marlins with 13 home runs while slugging .489.\u00a0Heriberto Hernandez\u00a0is 11 for 31 with three home runs and six RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 3-7, .248 batting average, 6.49 ERA, outscored by 16 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marlins: 9-1, .266 batting average, 2.50 ERA, outscored opponents by 28 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INJURIES: Pirates:\u00a0Konnor Griffin: 10-Day IL (flexor tendon),\u00a0Oneil Cruz: 10-Day IL (hand),\u00a0Chris Devenski: 60-Day IL (illness),\u00a0Joey Bart: 10-Day IL (foot infection)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marlins: Josh Ekness: 15-Day IL (calf),\u00a0Andrew Nardi: 60-Day IL (ribs),\u00a0Griffin Conine: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Janson Junk: 15-Day IL (shin), Eury Perez: 15-Day IL (gracilis),\u00a0Robby Snelling: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Ronny Henriquez: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Adam Mazur: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Miami Marlins\u00a0(35-35, third in the NL East) vs.\u00a0Pittsburgh Pirates\u00a0(35-35, fourth in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins:\u00a0Lake Bachar\u00a0(0-0, 2.97 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 41 strikeouts); Pirates:\u00a0Bubba Chandler\u00a0(2-7, 4.91 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 62 strikeouts) LINE: Pirates -137, Marlins +116; over\/under is 9 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins will try to keep […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416151,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416150\/revisions\/416151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}