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The Pittsburgh Pirates (41-43) are taking on the Chicago Cubs (45-41) for four games at PNC Park, with game three taking place tonight at 7:05 PM. The Pirates are sending out Chris Archer, who was originally questionable for this start. He left his last start against the Milwaukee Brewers early with left hip discomfort. Archer gave up two runs over four innings in that start, after surrendering just one run over five innings against the San Diego Padres in his previous outing. The Cubs will counter with veteran right-hander Yu Darvish, who has a 4.98 ERA in 90.1 innings, with 105 strikeouts and a 1.36 WHIP. He has given up ten runs over his last 11 innings combined in two home starts against the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets. Darvish faced the Pirates back on April 10th and allowed five runs over 5.1 innings.

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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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