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Pittsburgh Pirates Starling Marte (6) bats against the Colorado Rockies Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in Pittsburgh. (Pirates Prospects/David Hague)

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The Pittsburgh Pirates (19-17) take on the St Louis Cardinals (22-18) in a four-game series on the road this weekend. Steven Brault will make his second start this afternoon in game four of the series. He went five days ago against the Texas Rangers and allowed two runs on two hits and three walks in four innings. His previous long outing this season was three innings. The Cardinals will counter with 24-year-old right-hander Dakota Hudson. He has a 4.63 ERA in 35 innings, with 29 strikeouts and a 1.77 WHIP. His last start was two runs over five innings against the Philadelphia Phillies five days ago.

The Pirates announced today that Chris Archer will be back on Wednesday.

Here are the lineups:

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John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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