Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago White Sox
CHICAGO (Interstat) — The Pittsburgh Pirates will try to make it two straight wins over the Chicago White Sox when the teams meet Wednesday at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Pittsburgh (72-73) won the series opener 9-3 on Tuesday. The Pirates have won six of their past 10 games, including two 1-0 victories over the Los Angeles Angels last week. Chicago (76-69) had won two of three before Tuesday’s loss and has split its past 10. The White Sox have scored 18 runs over their past three games.
Davis Martin is the probable pitcher for Pittsburgh. Martin enters with a 9-5 record. The White Sox have not announced a probable starter, but Tyler Schweitzer is a player to watch after throwing 2 2/3 scoreless innings in Tuesday’s loss. Schweitzer allowed three hits and has not given up an earned run in four of his past six appearances. Over that six-game stretch, he has allowed five earned runs in 12 2/3 innings with six strikeouts.
For Pittsburgh, Bubba Chandler is the player to watch. Chandler struck out eight and allowed two earned runs on four hits over six innings in Tuesday’s win. He has 26 strikeouts over his past five appearances while allowing 12 earned runs in 25 2/3 innings. Chandler also worked five innings against San Francisco on Sept. 2, giving up three earned runs with four strikeouts.
Chicago got a home run and two hits from Kyle Teel in Tuesday’s loss. Teel drove in one run. José Urquidy pitched four innings in relief, allowing two earned runs and striking out one. The White Sox will look to rebound at home after Pittsburgh’s Rafael Flores Jr. and Oneil Cruz each had three hits in the opener. Flores homered and drove in a run, while Cruz drove in two.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Pittsburgh 6, Chicago 5. However, Interstat’s ELO system gives the White Sox a 52.40 percent probability to win. Chicago is the pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under is 7.5.
The forecast for game time is 81 degrees and cloudy.
Pittsburgh will continue the series Thursday at Chicago before visiting the Cubs for a weekend series. The White Sox will close the set Thursday before traveling to St. Louis. Pittsburgh will then return home for a three-game series against Milwaukee and a three-game set with Kansas City. Chicago will follow its St. Louis trip with three games at Cleveland and a home series against Detroit. Pittsburgh has played better of late, but Chicago enters with the edge in the ELO projections and will try to even the series at home.