Game Thread: Jordan Lyles Makes Pirates Debut Against Reds

Jordan Lyles is taking the bump as the Pirates play host to the Reds in the opener of a four game series.

Cincinnati will counter with Tyler Mahle. The Pirates faced him twice last year, lighting him up for 5 ER in 4.2 IP on Apr. 8 and 6 ER in 5.2 IP on July 20.

Lyles is being activated off the 10 day injury list at the same time Corey Dickerson is going on it. Dickerson is suffering from a shoulder strain. AAA outfielder Jason Martin is noticeably missing from Indianapolis’ roster, so it seems likely he will be getting his call to the majors any day.

Kevin Newman will make his first start of the season for the Bucs, playing at short and batting eighth.

First pitch is at 7:05 p.m..

Lineups

Reds

LF Jesse Winker

1B Joey Votto

RF Yasiel Puig

3B Eugenio Suarez

CF Scott Schebler

2B Jose Peraza

C Tucker Barnhart

SS Jose Iglesais

P Tyler Mahle

Pirates

2B Adam Frazier

CF Starling Marte

C Francisco Cervelli

1B Josh Bell

3B Jung-Ho Kang

RF Melky Cabrera

LF J.B. Shuck

SS Kevin Newman

P Jordan Lyles

And in case you’re into this sort of thing, Baseball Savant’s search engine now has video of every pitch since 2018. So if you wanted to, for example, rewatch Trevor Williams’ last start against the Reds, pitch by pitch, you can find it here.