Steven Brault v Brandon Woodruff, Lineup & Notes

Game: The Sunday afternoon match begins at 2:10 and will be carried by AT&T SportsNet & 93.7 The Fan.

Lineup: Erik Gonzalez SS, Adam Frazier LF, Kevin Newman 2B, Josh Bell 1B, Gregory Polanco DH, Cole Tucker RF, JT Riddle 3B, John Ryan Murphy C, Jason Martin CF and Steven Brault P. This team has more lineups than Heinz has varieties!

Jason Martin gets another start – 2019 Topps Total

Pitchers: LHP Steven Brault (0-1, 4.80) battles RHP Brandon Woodruff (2-2, 3.19). Steven had a nice record as a starter, albeit based on a series of short starts (piggyback, rain). We’ll see if he has some bounceback today; the White Sox beat him up for four runs in three innings in his last outing. He’s got two scoreless relief frames against the Brew Crew from July. He’s seen Milwaukee a lot; he has 17 outings (11 starts) v the Brewers, with a 1-3/3.83 line. Woodruff has been steady as she goes this year although he sometimes runs up his pitch count; he’s given up two runs in five of his seven starts. He shut out the Pirates 3-0 on July 29th, giving up one hit and making it into the seventh inning.

Notes: 

• Bryan Reynolds went on paternity leave today and was replaced by Will Craig on the roster. Congratulations, papa!
• Even w/o fans, home field makes a difference. The Pirates are 5-9 in their own yard, but 4-12 on the road. So does the league. Pittsburgh is 8-10 against the NL but just 1-11 v AL squads.