The Pittsburgh Pirates (62-79) take on the St Louis Cardinals (79-62) for three games at PNC Park this weekend. The Pirates are sending out Steven Brault, who has a 3.88 ERA in 95 innings, with 80 strikeouts and a 1.40 WHIP. He has a 3.38 ERA in 15 starts this season. Brault also has a 3.63 ERA at home this season and a 3.41 ERA since the halfway point of the season. He has not fared well against the Cardinals this year, posting a 9.90 ERA and a 2.20 WHIP over two starts and one relief appearance.
The Cardinals are countering with veteran right-hander Adam Wainwright, who has a 4.30 ERA in 142.1 innings, with 131 strikeouts and a 1.42 WHIP. This will be the fifth time he is facing the Pirates this year. Here are the previous results (asterisk next to PNC Park games):
*April 1: 4 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 1 SO
May 10: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 SO
*July 24: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO
August 10: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 SO
What those numbers apparently say about today’s game is that he’s going to allow four runs tonight, but still win the game because the Cardinals won both of those games at PNC.
** James Marvel is starting tomorrow. We will have more on him after the move to add him to the 40-man is announced. That will most likely just be placing Jason Martin on the 60-day injured list. Mitch Keller has been pushed back to Tuesday.
Here are the lineups:
Good Guys
Here's our lineup, presented by @Honda.#LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/tuoWUF5bXi
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) September 7, 2019
bad guys
#Cardinals Lineup 09/07/19
1. Dexter Fowler RF
2. Kolten Wong 2B
3. Paul Goldschmidt 1B
4. Marcell Ozuna LF
5. Paul DeJong SS
6. Yadier Molina C
7. Tommy Edman 3B
8. Harrison Bader CF
9. Adam Wainwright PStarting Pitcher : Adam Wainwright
— Daily MLB Lineups (@DailyMLBLineup) September 7, 2019