The Pittsburgh Pirates announced that there won’t be a doubleheader with the Cincinnati Reds on Monday. With both teams off on Monday, there was word that they could possibly play a doubleheader that day for Saturday and Sunday’s postponed games. No makeup date has been announced yet, but the two clubs meet again September 4-6 in Pittsburgh and September 14-16 in Cincinnati.
The Pirates had one of their postponed road games against the Cardinals rescheduled for a doubleheader in Pittsburgh, so it’s possible that they could split up the postponed games between the two series. No Pirates players tested positive for COVID-19 after one Reds player did on Friday.
Here’s the reason from Derek Shelton:
Derek Shelton on why the Pirates-Reds aren't playing Monday: "MLB has decided protocol-wise that they did not want us to play Monday. What goes into that decision happens a lot higher than me. They just informed us that we’re not going to play Monday, and we’ll reschedule."
— Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) August 16, 2020
Some other news for when they come back to action on Tuesday against the Cleveland Indians at PNC Park. The Pirates set their rotation for the three-game series as JT Brubaker, Steven Brault and Trevor Williams. Adam Berry from MLB.com said that the Pirates are working out in Cincinnati today then heading home
Pirates' rotation for their next series: JT Brubaker, Steven Brault, Trevor Williams.
Derek Holland, who was previously scheduled to start today, is getting pushed back to later in the week.
Team is working out at Great American Ball Park today then heading home.
— Adam Berry (@adamdberry) August 16, 2020
In case you missed it, here are the history articles from today. I added an extra one because of the off-day. Tomorrow is already set up with four history articles as well.
This Date – Ten former players born on this date
1979 Recap – Pirates go for sweep against the Padres
Card of the Day – 1986 Topps Lee Mazzilli, link also includes a book review from John Fredland, which is related to the Mazzilli card
Pirates Trade History – The Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins edition. These teams need to talk more often.
