The Pittsburgh Pirates (48-68) take on the St Louis Cardinals (60-55) for three games on the road this weekend. They will send out Steven Brault in the series finale this afternoon. He missed a full month with a left shoulder strain, returning five days ago to give up two runs over 5.1 innings. Brault faced St Louis twice early in the season, allowing a total of seven runs over 5.1 innings in one spot start and one relief appearance. The Cardinals will counter with 30-year-old right-hander Miles Mikolas, who has a 3.94 ERA in 132.1 innings, with 97 strikeouts and a 1.22 WHIP. He faced the Pirates back on July 25th and gave up three runs over six innings. That was ten days after he pitched a complete game shutout against them in St Louis. This will be his fifth start versus the Pirates this year.
Clay Holmes rejoins the Pirates; Parker Markel has been optioned to Indianapolis.
Francisco Cervelli joins Altoona today on rehab
Here are the lineups:
Good Guys
Our afternoon lineup, presented by @Honda. #LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/t8VBm0NNry
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) August 11, 2019
bad guys
#Cardinals Lineup 08/11/19
1. Tommy Edman 2B
2. Jose Martinez RF
3. Paul Goldschmidt 1B
4. Marcell Ozuna LF
5. Paul DeJong SS
6. Yairo Munoz 3B
7. Andrew Knizner C
8. Lane Thomas CF
9. Miles Mikolas PStarting Pitcher : Miles Mikolas
— Daily MLB Lineups (@DailyMLBLineup) August 11, 2019
