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After last night’s 11-0 drubbing of the Miami Marlins, the Pirates will look to keep the offense rolling as they face righty Pablo Lopez in game two.
Lopez has been lights-out since mid-May and is at his best when pitching in Miami (1.73 home ERA). In his last several starts, he’s given up only six earned runs in 28.2 innings with a 19-3 strikeout to walk rate. This will be the first time Lopez has faced Pittsburgh during his short career.
Pitching for the Bucs in his big league debut is 24-year-old Dario Agrazal. In eight starts for the Indianapolis Indians (AAA), Agrazal has a nearly 4-1 K/BB rate with an 0.97 WHIP and a 3.10 ERA. Below is the scouting report for Agrazal’s repertoire via Baseball Savant.
At his best, Agrazal fills up the strike zone and gets a ton of ground-ball outs. His power sinker will touch 95-96 at times and sit in the low 90s, which has led to a career 1.48 GO/AO ratio entering the 2018 season, a rate that rose to 1.80 in 2017. Agrazal doesn’t miss a ton of bats, but he never hurts himself with walks as evidenced by his 1.3 BB/9 ratio in the Minors. He has a decent feel for a changeup and can spin a breaking ball, though they typically grade out as fringe-average secondary offerings.
First pitch is 6:10 p.m. in Marlins Park.
Lineups
Pirates
SS Kevin Newman
RF Bryan Reynolds
CF Starling Marte
1B Josh Bell
3B Colin Moran
LF Corey Dickerson
C Elias Diaz
2B Adam Frazier
P Dario Agrazal
Marlins
LF Curtis Granderson
1B Garrett Cooper
3B Brian Anderson
2B Starlin Castro
RF Harold Ramirez
CF J.T. Riddle
C Jorge Alfaro
SS Miguel Rojas
P Pablo Lopez