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Pirates Discussion: Final Stretch

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The Pittsburgh Pirates head into the final week of their season with a home and home series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Cardinals already have the NL Central locked up and can’t catch the other division leaders for better seeding in the playoff.

On the opposite end of the spectrum the Pirates are competing for the best draft lottery odds. As of now they’re in the Top 3 who each have similar odds.

Pirates @ Cardinals

Time: 8:15 PM EST

Pirates Starter: Johan Oviedo (4-2, 3.13)

Cardinals Starter: Jack Flaherty (1-1, 4.97)

Oviedo Notes: Johan Oviedo will be making his seventh start of the season, sixth for the Pirates, against his former organization. In his previous start Oviedo went seven shutout innings against the Cincinnati Reds with seven strikeouts.

LINEUPS:

Pirates

Cardinals

1. Brendan Donovan (L) 2B
2. Lars Nootbaar (L) RF
3. Paul Goldschmidt (R) 1B
4. Nolan Arenado (R) 3B
5. Albert Pujols (R) DH
6. Juan Yepez (R) LF
7. Dylan Carlson (S) CF
8. Yadier Molina (R) C
9. Tommy Edman (S) SS

Bucs'N'Pucks (Jeff Reed)
Bucs'N'Pucks (Jeff Reed)
Raised in Cranberry Twp, PA, Jeff attended Kent State University and worked in Cleveland and Pittsburgh, before moving to New Orleans in September of 2012. His background is as an Engineering Designer, but he has always had a near unhealthy passion for Pittsburgh sports. Hockey and Baseball are his 1A and 1B, combined with his mathematical background, it's led to Jeff's desire in diving into analytics. Jeff is known as Bucs'N'Pucks in the comments, and began writing for Pirates Prospects in 2022 after contributing so many useful bits of information in the comment section.

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