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The Pirates will try to salvage at least one game against the Rockies Thursday afternoon at PNC Park.
Jordan Lyles (4-1, 1.97) will face another one of his former clubs again. He pitched for the Rockies from 2014-2017 before being designated for assignment in August of 2017.
At the moment, Lyles does not qualify for the ERA title by one-third of an inning. If he did, he’d be third in ERA in the NL.
The Rockies will start Antonio Senzatela (3-3, 4.89). He has a lower ERA on the road this year, sitting at 2.89 (21.1 IP, 7 ER), despite allowing harder contact away from Coors. At home, he has a .300 xwOBA allowed. On the road, it’s .389.
Elias Diaz will make another start behind the plate- his sixth over the Pirates’ last seven games. He’s slashing .476/.500/.476 in that stretch.
First pitch is at 12:35 p.m..
Lineups
Rockies
RF Charlie Blackmon
SS Trevor Story
CF David Dahl
3B Nolan Arenado
LF Raimel Tapia
1B Ryan McMahon
2B Brendan Rodgers
C Chris Iannetta
P Antonio Senzatela
Pirates
2B Adam Frazier
CF Starling Marte
RF Gregory Polanco
1B Josh Bell
LF Melky Cabrera
3B Colin Moran
C Elias Diaz
SS Kevin Newman
P Jordan Lyles