The Pittsburgh Pirates (36-41) take on the Houston Astros (50-30) in a three-game series at Minute Maid Park. Game two is tonight with the Pirates sending out Dario Agrazal for his second big league start. He gave up two earned runs on six hits in four innings during his debut against the Miami Marlins. In his only Triple-A start since then, Agrazal served up seven runs over 4.2 frames. The Astros will counter with 25-year-old lefty Framber Valdez, who has a 3.61 ERA in 42.1 innings, with 39 strikeouts and a 1.25 WHIP. He faced the New York Yankees in his last outing and gave up five runs over 3.1 innings. In his previous two starts at home against the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays, he gave up a total of three runs over 13 innings.
Prior to the game, the Pirates recalled Agrazal and optioned Jason Martin to Indianapolis.
Here are the lineups:
Good Guys
Here's our lineup, presented by @Honda. #LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/ApspVL63sI
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) June 26, 2019
bad guys
#Astros Lineup 06/26/19
1. George Springer CF
2. Jose Altuve 2B
3. Alex Bregman SS
4. Michael Brantley LF
5. Yordan Alvarez DH
6. Yuli Gurriel 3B
7. Josh Reddick RF
8. Tyler White 1B
9. Robinson Chirinos CStarting Pitcher : Framber Valdez
— Daily MLB Lineups (@DailyMLBLineup) June 26, 2019
