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The Pittsburgh Pirates (56-76) take on the Philadelphia Phillies (68-63) for three games at Citizens Bank Park. The Pirates will send out Mitch Keller in the series finale. He is coming off of a strong performance against the Cincinnati Reds in which he allowed one run over six innings and struck out nine batters. In his previous start, Keller gave up six runs over 4.1 innings in the Little League Classic. against the Chicago Cubs. The Phillies will counter with right-hander Vince Velasquez, who has a 4.93 ERA in 91.1 innings, with 98 strikeouts and a 1.35 WHIP. He went just 2.1 innings against the Miami Marlins in his last start, giving up seven runs. In his previous two starts combined, Velasquez allowed six runs over 10.1 innings. He has a 5.00 ERA as a starter and 4.35 in ten relief outings.

One news item of note: The GCL and FSL are ending their schedules early. The GCL Pirates are done with their schedule, while the Bradenton Marauders will play tonight and tomorrow before ending three days early. That’s due to the safety of the players with Hurricane Dorian possibly/likely headed towards the Florida coast.

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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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