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The Pittsburgh Pirates (46-52) take on the St Louis Cardinals (51-47) for four games this week at PNC Park. The Pirates will send out Chris Archer today for game two of the series. He has allowed three runs in each of his last three starts, while striking out 26 batters in 17 innings. Archer’s last start was six days ago against the Cardinals and he went six innings with eight strikeouts. He also faced them in his season debut and tossed five shutout innings. The Cardinals will counter with 24-year-old right-handed pitcher Dakota Hudson, who has a 3.57 ERA in 103.1 innings, with 76 strikeouts and a 1.51 WHIP. He faced the Cincinnati Reds in his last start and allowed three runs over five innings. His previous outing was against the Arizona Diamondbacks and resulted in two runs over six innings. Hudson started against the Pirates on May 12th and allowed three runs on nine hits in six innings.

Jacob Stallings is two at-bats shy of losing his prospect status…

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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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