The Pirates finally return home after a 2-8 road trip that included a sweep by the Giants over the weekend. They face the Boston Red Sox in an interleague matchup, with Mitch Keller, who is 4-8 with a 4.25 ERA, starting for the Bucs against Nick Pivetta, who is 8-9 with a 4.51 ERA. The Sox took two out of three from the Yankees over the weekend, including a 3-0 shutout on Sunday at Fenway Park.
MLB
The Dodgers yesterday announced right-hander Walker Buehler will undergo season-ending elbow surgery next week. He hasn’t pitched since suffering a flexor strain in June.
The Texas Rangers fired manager Chris Woodward yesterday replacing him on an interim basis with former Altoona Curve manager Tony Beasley, the Rangers’ third base coach. Woodward was the fourth MLB manager to be fired this season after the Angels’ Joe Maddon, the Phillies’ Joe Girardi and the Blue Jays’ Charlie Montoyo.
ALTOONA
The suddenly-hot Curve return to Altoona tonight to open a six-game series against Harrisburg. The Curve took five out of six games in Binghampton and will send right-hander Kyle Nicolas to the mound. Nicolas is 1-3 with a 3.89 ERA and is coming off his first win of the season, when he went six innings and gave up one run on one hit, a homer, with a walk and five strikeouts in an 11-1 win last Wednesday.
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