Pre-game Notes 10/1: Pirates vs Marlins

Notes:

·         Jose Tabata extended his hitting streak on Thursday to a career high 13 games.

·         Pedro Alvarez is continuing to have a hot month of September. He hit .311 in 27 games in September, is tied for second in the league with RBI (26) and shared the league with doubles (10). Alvarez also hit a team-high five home runs.

·         The Pirates pitching staff has posted 998 strikeouts this season, which is the highest total of K’s since 2009 (1060). The Bucco pitching staff can strikeout over 1000 for just the tenth time in team history.

 

Pitching Matchup:

RHP Daniel McCutchen (2-5, 6.36 ERA)

Vs.

RHP Adalberto Mendez (1-2, 4.19 ERA)

McCutchen is making his ninth start of the season (28th appearance) for Paul Maholm who was scratched due to a sore left knee. His last start came on 8/25 where he pitched six shutout innings allowing just three hits against the Cardinals.

Mendez is making his fifth major league appearance. He picked up his first major league win on his big league debut against the Phillies. Mendez pitched six scoreless innings striking out six. He got the loss against the Brewers his last start allowing six runs on six hits through two innings.

 

Pirates Lineup:

A. McCutchen 8

Tabata 7

Walker 4

Alvarez 5

Bowker 3

Moss 9

Cedeno 6

Synder 2

D. McCutchen 1

 

Marlins Lineups:

Bonifacio 8

Martinez 6

Morrison 7

Uggla 4

Sanchez 3

Tracy 5

Stanton 9

Davis 2

Mendez 1