The Pittsburgh Pirates (15-38) take on the Chicago Cubs (31-22) in a four-game series at PNC Park. This is the final homestand of the season. The Pirates lost 2-1 to the St Louis Cardinals yesterday. JT Brubaker will be on the mound today, going up against veteran lefty Jon Lester. Brubaker has a 4.79 ERA in 35.2 innings, with 36 strikeouts and a 1.43 WHIP. Lester has made ten starts this season. He has a 4.91 ERA in 51.1 innings, with 38 strikeouts and a 1.31 WHIP.
The Pirates Reclaimed Carson Fulmer
The Arizona Fall League season has been canceled.
We now have Quinn Priester cards for sale in our Cardboard Bucs section. Limited quantity.
Jared Oliva is up. Jason Martin is down.
Here are the lineups:
Pirates
Brubaker on the mound tonight. #LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/sdH2elFflC
— Pirates (@Pirates) September 21, 2020
Cubs
#Cubs Lineup 09/21/20
1. Ian Happ CF
2. Anthony Rizzo 1B
3. Willson Contreras C
4. Kyle Schwarber LF
5. Kris Bryant 3B
6. Jason Heyward RF
7. Javier Baez SS
8. Jason Kipnis 2B
9. Victor Caratini DHStarting Pitcher : Jon Lester
— Daily MLB Lineups (@DailyMLBLineup) September 21, 2020
Check out today’s history here. Includes 1979 Season Recap, This Date in Pirates History, and a Card of the Day article. The last article looks at a card I bought after using the scan for an article here. The This Date article covers ten players born on September 21st.
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!
Check out our Cardboard Bucs section for great deals of baseball cards of Pirates prospects, including Ke’Bryan Hayes, Mitch Keller, Will Craig, Calvin Mitchell and more. We just added an Oneil Cruz card to the section last week. Here’s a Card of the Day article featuring the Cruz card available in our store. We also added Quinn Priester this week. FREE SHIPPING WHEN YOU BUY $25+ IN BASEBALL CARDS USING THE CODE “CARDS”.
