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Live Discussion: Pirates vs Nationals, 7:05 PM

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The Pittsburgh Pirates (52-72) take on the Washington Nationals (67-57) for four games this week at PNC Park, with game three taking place tonight at 7:05 PM. The Pirates will send out Joe Musgrove for his 26th start tonight. He gave up two runs over 7.1 innings against the Chicago Cubs last time out, with no walks and nine strikeouts. In his prior two starts combined, he allowed 11 runs in 8.2 innings. Musgrove did not pitch when these two teams met earlier in the season. The Nationals will counter with veteran lefty Patrick Corbin, who has a 3.34 ERA in 153.2 innings, with 180 strikeouts and a 1.18 WHIP. He gave up one run over six innings against the Milwaukee Brewers last time out, which followed two runs over six innings against the New York Mets. Corbin had eight strikeouts in each outing. He gave up one run over seven innings against the Pirates earlier this season, striking out 11 batters.

Here are the lineups (note that once Pablo Reyes records his second at-bat today, #131 in the majors, he is no longer a “prospect” and becomes a grizzled MLB veteran):

Good Guys

bad guys

1. SS Trea Turner (R)
2. RF Adam Eaton (L)
3. 3B Anthony Rendon (R)
4. LF Juan Soto (L)
5. 2B Asdrubal Cabrera (S)
6. 1B Matt Adams (L)
7. CF Victor Robles (R)
8. C Yan Gomes (R)
9. SP Patrick Corbin (L)

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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