The Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds are playing a game and a little extra on Tuesday, as the baseball matchup has the teams finishing the game they started on Monday before playing the game today and it will be streaming from the MLB.com website and comes live from Great American Ball Park for the NL Central division matchup at 7:10 pm ET.
The Pirates come into the game after the crazy matchup on Monday and they are third in the NL Central right now with a 6-6 record and they are putting Gerritt Cole on the mound against Mike Leake for the matchup on Tuesday. Cole comes in at 2-0 and he needs to keep going that way with the injuries the team has, while Leake is 1-1 on the season and this comes before the game when the aces matchup, as Johnny Cueto and Francisco Liriano will be facing off in the game on Wednesday.
The Pirates come into this season after breaking their streak of 20 losing years and making the playoffs and now they are playing in one of the toughest divisions in baseball. The Brewers are the best team in the league in the early goings and the Reds, Pirates and Cardinals all made the playoffs and now they will try and do it again this season. The team comes into the game as 25th in batting average and 20th in runs and they are also 21st in on base and 13th in slugging percentage and now they have the chance to make it two years in a row with the playoffs.
The Reds have struggled to start the season and they are just 4-8 and are fourth in the NL Central and obviously no one has to worry about the Cubs this season. The team comes in ranked 22nd in runs and batting average this season and they are 23rd in the season in on base and 15th in slugging percentage as well. The Reds pitching has been solid and they are in the top 10 in batting average allowed and eighth in WHIP and they are also fifth in quality starts, while the Pirates are in the top 10 across the board with ERA, quality starts and WHIP this season and they will try to keep that up as well.
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