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The Pittsburgh Pirates (20-17) are in Arizona for three games against the Diamondbacks (22-19). Nick Kingham will get the start tonight in game one. He made his first start of the season on Wednesday when he allowed two runs on three hits and three walks, with five strikeouts in four innings. Kingham faced the Diamondbacks on April 24th and allowed three runs over two innings. Arizona is scheduled to send out 27-year-old lefty Robbie Ray, who has a 3.30 ERA in eight starts. In 43.2 innings, he has 55 strikeouts, a .210 BAA and a 1.28 WHIP. Ray threw 5.2 shutout innings, striking out 11 batters, against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.

Prior to the game, Jung Ho Kang was placed on the 10-day injured list. Jake Elmore has taken his place on the active roster.

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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