Colorado Rockies (19-34, fourth in the NL West) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (20-31, fifth in the NL Central)
Pittsburgh; Sunday, 1:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Kyle Freeland (0-0, 2.25 ERA, 1.75 WHIP, 5 strikeouts) Pirates: TBD
BOTTOM LINE: Colorado enters the game as losers of their last five games.
The Pirates are 10-14 on their home turf. Pittsburgh has slugged .352, last in the league. Bryan Reynolds leads the team with a .483 slugging percentage, including 22 extra-base hits and six home runs.
The Rockies are 3-22 on the road. Colorado is hitting a collective .235 this season, led by C.J. Cron with an average of .274.
The Pirates won the last meeting 4-0. Mitch Keller earned his third victory and Adam Frazier went 2-for-3 with a home run and an RBI for Pittsburgh. Austin Gomber registered his fifth loss for Colorado.
TOP PERFORMERS: Reynolds leads the Pirates with 22 extra base hits and is batting .290.
Ryan McMahon leads the Rockies with 24 extra base hits and is batting .263.
LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 3-7, .239 batting average, 6.18 ERA, outscored by 26 runs
Rockies: 4-6, .187 batting average, 3.79 ERA, outscored by 10 runs
INJURIES: Pirates: Jose Soriano: (elbow), Chad Kuhl: (right shoulder), Austin Davis: (elbow), Blake Cederlind: (elbow), Trevor Cahill: (elbow), Steven Brault: (lat strain), Phillip Evans: (left hamstring), Colin Moran: (left groin), Ke'Bryan Hayes: (wrist).
Rockies: Scott Oberg: (blood clots), Peter Lambert: (elbow), Ben Bowden: (left shoulder), Trevor Story: (elbow), Chris Owings: (left thumb).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
