Post by kinsm on Jul 31, 2015 16:06:20 GMT -5
PIRATES (59-42) @ REDS (46-54)
Friday, July 31st 2015
7:10 PM EST - Great American Ball Park Park
CIN TV: FSOH - RADIO: 700 WLW
Friday, July 31st 2015
7:10 PM EST - Great American Ball Park Park
CIN TV: FSOH - RADIO: 700 WLW
Pittsburgh Pirates
RF G. Polanco
LF S. Marte
CF A. McCutchen
3B A. Ramirez
SS J. Kang
2B N. Walker
1B P. Alvarez
C F. Cervelli
P J. Locke
Cincinnati Reds
2B B. Phillips
LF J. Bourgeois
1B J. Votto
3B T. Frazier
RF M. Byrd
C B. Pena
SS I. De Jesus
P M. Lorenzen
CF B. Hamilton
---Reds rookie righty Michael Lorenzen and Pirates lefty Jeff Locke will square off for the second time this season on Friday night in the second tilt of a four-game series at Great American Ball Park. Lorenzen got the best of Locke on May 5 to pick up his first career victory in a Reds 7-1 win. Lorenzen gave up one run on three hits and three walks in six-plus innings on the mound, while Locke surrendered four runs across seven innings in the loss.
Lorenzen is 3-5 with a 4.58 ERA in 16 appearances, including 14 starts, this season. The 23-year-old is winless in his past five starts, and he'll be coming off his worst outing of the year after giving up eight runs in 2 1/3 innings against the Rockies on Sunday.
Locke has also had an up-and-down season so far with a 5-6 record and 4.15 ERA in 19 starts. He is 0-2 with a 4.15 ERA and 13 strikeouts in his past three starts.
Things to know about this game
• Locke is 2-2 with a 3.26 ERA in nine career starts against the Reds. However, he is 0-1 with a 4.91 ERA against the Reds this year.
• Todd Frazier got the night off on Thursday, and, hopefully for the Reds' sake, it'll help him break out of a recent funk. Entering the series, he's hitting just .214/.245/.367 in his past 25 games and has lost almost 100 points off his OPS during that time (.978 to .886).
• Newly acquired Pirates third baseman Aramis Ramirez has experienced the most success against Lorenzen, but it came when he played for the Brewers. Ramirez is 2-for-4 with one home run, one RBI and one walk in five career plate appearances against Lorenzen.