Pirates play the Athletics looking to stop road skid

Pittsburgh Pirates (36-36, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Athletics (35-36, second in the AL West)

West Sacramento, California; Monday, 9:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Jared Jones (1-0, 4.73 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 14 strikeouts); Athletics: J.T. Ginn (4-3, 3.15 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 65 strikeouts)

LINE: Athletics -128, Pirates +108; over/under is 10 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates will attempt to end a three-game road slide when they visit the Athletics.

The Athletics have a 35-36 record overall and a 15-19 record at home. Athletics hitters are batting a collective .250, which ranks second in the AL.

Pittsburgh has a 16-17 record in road games and a 36-36 record overall. The Pirates are 16-28 in games when they have given up at least one home run.

Monday's game is the first meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Nick Kurtz has 13 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs and 52 RBIs for the Athletics. Tyler Soderstrom is 10 for 32 with two doubles, five home runs and 11 RBIs over the last 10 games.

Brandon Lowe leads the Pirates with 34 extra base hits (16 doubles, a triple and 17 home runs). Oneil Cruz is 8 for 24 with three home runs and nine RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 5-5, .272 batting average, 7.58 ERA, outscored by 19 runs

Pirates: 3-7, .228 batting average, 5.48 ERA, outscored by 19 runs

INJURIES: Athletics: Luis Severino: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Brooks Kriske: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brent Rooker: 10-Day IL (knee), Aaron Civale: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Denzel Clarke: 60-Day IL (foot), Gunnar Hoglund: 60-Day IL (knee)

Pirates: Wilber Dotel: 15-Day IL (the pittsburgh pirates placed rhp wilber dotel on the 15-day injured list.), Konnor Griffin: 10-Day IL (flexor tendon), Oneil Cruz: 10-Day IL (hand), Chris Devenski: 60-Day IL (illness), Joey Bart: 10-Day IL (foot infection)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.