The Pittsburgh Pirates🍃 (70-76), with Luis Ortiz on the hill, host the Kansas City Royals (80-67) who will start Alec Marsh, at 6:40 p.🌱m. ET on Friday.
Keep reading to find out all the d✤etails on how to w🅠atch Pittsburgh play Kansas City live.
When is Pirates vs. Royals and when does it start?
Where to watch Pirates vs. Royals
The Pirates and Royals will take to the diamond at PNC Park for this matchup on Sept. 13, and if you want to catch♕ the game live, get your tickets now from !
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Pirates Stats, Odds & Insights
The Pirates have a 33-25 record in games they were lis🤪ted as the moneyline favorite (winning 56.9% of those games).
Pittsburgh has hit the fifth-fewesꦏt home runs in baseball t🍸his season (144).
The Pirates’ .372 slugging percentage is the fifth-lowest average in baseball.
Pittsburgh has a 𝕴4.13 team ERA that ranks 17th across all MLB pitching staffs.
Pitchers for the Pirat🦹es combine for the 23rd-ranked WHIꦜP in MLB (1.313).
Royals Stats, Odds & Insights
The Royals have been 🔴uꦅnderdogs in 75 games this season and won 34 (45.3%) of those contests.
Kansas City has hit 162 homers thi🎉s season, which ranks 16th in ﷺthe majors.
The Royals rank 10th🗹 in the majors with a .415 team slugging percentage.
Kansas City has the 10th-best ERA (3.87) i🐼n the 🅷majors this season.
The Royals rank 16th in 🔯MLB with a combined 1.255 WHIP this season.
Pirates Starter Recent Performance: Luis Ortiz
| Opponent | Date | IP | H | R | ER | K | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs. Nationals | Sept. 7 | 5.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| at Guardians | Aug. 31 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| vs. Reds | Aug. 25 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| at Rangers | Aug. 19 | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| at Padres | Aug. 13 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Royals Starter Recent Performance: Alec Marsh
| Opponent | Date | IP | H | R | ER | K | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs. Twins | Sept. 7 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| at Astros | Sept. 1 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| at Guardians | Aug. 26 | 4.2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| at White Sox | July 29 | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| vs. Diamondbacks | July 23 | 5.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
Pirates Key Players to Watch
Ortiz gets the start for the Pirates, his 13th of the season. He is 6-5 with a 3.26 ERA and 90෴ strikeouts in 118 2/3 innings pitched.
His most recent time out came on Saturday ag꧃ainst the Washington Nationals, when the right-hander went𒀰 5 2/3 innings, surrendering three earned runs while allowing six hits.
The 25-year-old has an ERA of 3.26, with 6.8 strikeouts per nine iᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnnings, in 34 games thꦯis season. Opponents are hitting .218 against him.
Bryan Reynolds is batting .279 with 22 home runs and 83 RBI. All ♐three of those stats are tops among Pittsburgh hitters this season.
Oneil Cruz has collected 132 hits this season and has an OBP of .325. He’s slugging .460 on the year.
Andrew McCutchen is slashing .241/.338/.432 this sᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ❀ᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚeason for the Pirates.
Royals Key Players to Watch
Marsh (7-8) will take to the mound♑ for the Royals and make his 23rd ꦰstart of the season.
The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed five innings while giving up two earned runs on four hits in a matchup with the Minnesota Twins.
The 26-year-old has pitched in 23 games this season with an ERA of 4.66 and 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings, with an opponent batting average o♛f .246.
Bobby Witt Jr. has racked up a team-high batting average of .333, and pac🙈es the Royals in home runs (⛄30).
Salvador Perez has made the most of his opportunitꦍies as he paces🦩 his team with 101 RBI.
Maikel Garcia has 25 doubles, five triples, seven home runs and 36 walks while batꩵting .237.
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