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Live Discussion: Pirates vs Cubs, 7:05 PM

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The Pittsburgh Pirates (65-91) take on the Chicago Cubs (82-74) for three games at PNC Park, starting tonight at 7:05 PM. The Pirates will send out Mitch Keller for his last start of the season. He has a 7.74 ERA in 43 innings over ten starts, with 58 strikeouts and a 1.84 WHIP. Keller gave up two runs over five innings against the Seattle Mariners in his last start. This will be his second start versus the Cubs at PNC Park. He faced them on August 18th and gave up six runs over 4.1 innings.

The Cubs will counter with veteran right-handed Kyle Hendricks, who has a 3.37 ERA in 171 innings, with 145 strikeouts and a 1.13 WHIP. This will be his fourth start against the Pirates this season and the third one at PNC Park. Hendricks gave up two runs over three innings back on July 2nd. On August 16th, he gave up one run over seven innings. The third start (at Wrigley Field) was ten days ago and Hendricks allowed one run over six 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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