The Pirates are one win away from escaping the Major League Baseball cellar – and losing a shot at the top choice in next year’s draft – after winning their third straight game yesterday.
Joe Block recaps the drubbing of the Cubs.
Manager Derek Shelton says despite a tough schedule, the Pirates have hung in there.
The Pirates will conclude the season with three games against the Indians in Cleveland. Mitch Keller, who did not allow a hit in six innings in his previous start against the Cardinals, will start the first game for Pittsburgh tonight. Joe Musgrove will start tomorrow, while JT Brubaker takes the mound Sunday in the season finale. The Pittsburgh chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America has chosen catcher Jacob Stallings as the winner of this year’s Roberto Clemente Award as the Pirates’ MVP.
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