The Pittsburgh Pirates (25-44) are at PNC Park for a three-game series against the Cleveland Indians (38-30), with the finale this afternoon at 1:05 PM. The Pirates are sending out JT Brubaker for his 13th start of the season. He has a 3.88 ERA in 65 innings, with 63 strikeouts and a 1.18 WHIP. The Indians are countering with lefty Sam Hentges, who will make his fifth start. He has also thrown seven times in relief. He has a 7.57 ERA in 27.1 innings, with 33 strikeouts and a 2.12 WHIP.
Before the game, Sam Howard was placed on the injured list (knee) and Austin Davis was recalled from Indianapolis. Davis has a 3.00 ERA in 12 innings over ten appearances in Triple-A. He was briefly with the Pirates earlier this month, throwing one scoreless inning.
Here are the lineups:
Pirates
#Pirates Lineup 06/20/21
1. Adam Frazier 2B
2. Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B
3. Bryan Reynolds CF
4. Jacob Stallings C
5. Phillip Evans RF
6. Ben Gamel LF
7. Kevin Newman SS
8. Erik Gonzalez 1B
9. JT Brubaker PStarting Pitcher : JT Brubaker
— Daily MLB Lineups (@DailyMLBLineup) June 20, 2021
Indians
#Indians Lineup 06/20/21
1. Cesar Hernandez 2B
2. Amed Rosario SS
3. Bobby Bradley 1B
4. Eddie Rosario LF
5. Harold Ramirez CF
6. Josh Naylor RF
7. Ryan Lavarnway C
8. Ernie Clement 3B
9. Sam Hentges PStarting Pitcher : Sam Hentges
— Daily MLB Lineups (@DailyMLBLineup) June 20, 2021
Holy smokes an Umpire Scorecard that favors the Pirates. I don’t care that it’s just .03 runs, a win is a win!
Umpire: Alfonso Marquez
Final: Pirates 6, Indians 3#LetsGoBucs // #OurCLE#PITvsCLE // #CLEvsPIT pic.twitter.com/hVrVCr7Gms— Umpire Scorecards (@UmpScorecards) June 20, 2021
