Game thread: Jon Niese takes on Marlins

Jon Niese faces Adam Conley in a battle of lefties at 7:10 p.m. MLB.com tells me Niese is unbeaten at Marlins Park, whatever that's worth. More significantly, he'll face Giancarlo Stanton in his return to the Miami lineup.

Here are the lineups:

Pirates:

Jordy Mercer, SS

Andrew McCutchen, CF

David Freese, 3B

Starling Marte, LF

Francisco Cervelli, C

Josh Harrison, 2B

Sean Rodriguez, RF

John Jaso, 1B

Jon Niese, P

Marlins:

J.T. Realmuto, C

Martin Prado, 3B

Christian Yelich, LF

Marcell Ozuna, CF

Giancarlo Stanton, RF

Chris Johnson, 1B

Derek Dietrich, 2B

Adeiny Hechavarria, SS

Adam Conley, P