Game Thread: Chad Kuhl looks to get Pirates series win

Chad Kuhl has had a bad run of starts that could quickly look more like just a bad season that happened to have a couple good outings at the beginning. He’ll take on a Phillies lineup that’s had issues of its own in today’s 1:35 p.m. rubber match.

The lineups:

Phillies

1. Cesar Hernandez, 2B
2. Freddy Galvis, SS
3. Aaron Alltherr, LF
4. Michael Saunders, RF
5. Odubel Herrera, CF
6. Maikel Franco, 3B
7. Brock Stassi, 1B
8. Andrew Knapp, C
9. Aaron Nola, P

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Pirates

1. Adam Frazier, LF
2. Josh Harrison, 2B
3. Andrew McCutchen, CF
4. Josh Bell, 1B
5. David Freese, 3B
6. John Jaso, RF
7. Chris Stewart, C
8. Gift Ngoepe, SS
9. Chad Kuhl, P