The Pittsburgh Pirates (10-21) take on the Milwaukee Brewers (15-18) in the finale of a four-game series on Monday night at Miller Park. The Pirates won 5-1 on Sunday. Trevor Williams gets the ball tonight, going up against left-handed pitcher Brent Suter. Williams will be making his seventh start. He has a 5.34 ERA in 30.1 innings, with a 1.45 WHIP and 26 strikeouts. Suter has made nine relief appearances this year. He has a 3.68 ERA in 14.2 innings, with 18 strikeouts and a 1.23 WHIP.
BUT
Ke’Bryan Hayes is coming tomorrow
Also, Colin Moran is back and Will Craig is in Altoona.
Here are the lineups:
Pirates
Trevor Williams takes the mound tonight in Milwaukee.#LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/I7TRqS9tAc
— Pirates (@Pirates) August 31, 2020
Brewers
#Brewers Lineup 08/31/20
1. Luis Urias SS
2. Christian Yelich LF
3. Keston Hiura 2B
4. Justin Smoak 1B
5. Ben Gamel CF
6. Jedd Gyorko DH
7. Omar Narvaez C
8. Jace Peterson RF
9. Eric Sogard 3BStarting Pitcher : Brent Suter
— Daily MLB Lineups (@DailyMLBLineup) August 31, 2020
Here are the history links for today. The This Date in Pirates History article is big, with six trades of note and nine players born on this date. We also have the 1979 Season Recap and a look at the 1975 Topps card(s) of Ramon Hernandez.
The 2020 Prospect Guide returns to print for our tenth anniversary! This year we are releasing three variant covers, featuring Mitch Keller, Ke’Bryan Hayes, and Oneil Cruz. Visit our shop page to order these extremely limited items!
We have Ke’Bryan Hayes baseball cards available in our Cardboard Bucs shop. They’re priced to sell too, all $1-$2 each with quantities available.