After winning game one of a day-night doubleheader this afternoon, the Pittsburgh Pirates (26-25) and Cincinnati Reds (24-29) play game two at 7:10 PM tonight. It’s Mitch Keller’s Major League debut.
We posted two articles this morning dealing with Keller and his debut. The first is part of our ongoing “Book On” series, highlighting the history of top prospects and what got them to the majors. Here’s Keller’s if you missed it this morning.
Article two today was about the Pirates avoiding Keller going down the same path as other top pitching prospects, Tyler Glasnow, Gerrit Cole and Jameson Taillon.
If you missed it from last week, in anticipation of Keller debuting today, we took a look back at the debuts of those three pitchers.
To make room on the 25-man roster for Keller, Montana DuRapau has been optioned to Indianapolis.
Game two for the Reds will be righty Sonny Gray, who has a 3.78 ERA, a 1.22 WHIP and 57 strikeouts in 50 innings. He faced the Pirates in each of his first two starts this season, allowing three runs in 2.2 innings in his debut, followed by one run over 6.2 innings on April 5th.
Here are the lineups
Good Guys
Game 2 lineup, presented by @Honda.#LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/IejZgPpJ7j
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) May 27, 2019
bad guys
Game 2 on deck.#BornToBaseball pic.twitter.com/f5zBm999oo
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) May 27, 2019
