Cleveland Indians vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (7:05 pm ET, FSN)
Pittsburgh Pirates will try to square the three game series in Game 2 (7:05 pm ET, FSN), on Saturday, at PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Indian have a 26-40 home, 14-20 away record whereas the Pirates have a 23-44 away, 14-19 home record. The Indians lead the series by 1-0.
In interleague play, the Pirates seek to end their winless ways and avoid a 13th consecutive overall defeat Saturday as they play the Cleveland Indians.
Pittsburgh (23-44) fell to 0-7 against AL teams this year following Friday’s 4-3 defeat in the series opener. In NL, Pittsburgh has the worst record. Since 1900, its 12-game skid is its third longest.
“Everybody’s … frustrated that this losing is going on, It’s one of those things when you go out and finally get that one and end this streak, then we can move on ” said Ryan Church.
Pedro Alvarez, rookie third baseman went 0 for 4 in his third game, continuing his early struggles. Since being called up for his major league debut Wednesday, the highly touted 23-year-old is 0 for 10 with five strikeouts.
To try to end their woes, the Pirates will turn to Jeff Karstens (1-2, 4.50 ERA). In three starts, the right-hander is winless. After pitching 1 1/3 hitless innings of relief against the Indians last year, Karstens is making his first start against them.
Cleveland (26-40) remains in last place in the AL Central, even though it snapped a four-game losing streak. To snap a scoreless tie, the Indians scored all their runs in the top of the seventh.
The Indians versus the NL, improved to 4-6. A win can do the same for David Huff (2-8, 5.82). From a promising 2009 rookie year in which he went 11-8, and is 0-5 with a 7.29 ERA in seven road starts, the left-hander has already matched his loss total. In his last four starts, he is winless with a 7.41 ERA.
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