{"id":740310,"date":"2026-06-16T10:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/740310\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:40:08","slug":"pirates-aim-to-break-road-slide-face-the-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/740310\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates aim to break road slide, face the Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> (36-37, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Athletics (36-36, second in the AL West)<\/p>\n

West Sacramento, California; Tuesday, 9:40 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Mitch Keller<\/a> (5-4, 5.14 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 58 strikeouts); Athletics: Jack Perkins<\/a> (2-3, 6.25 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 43 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Athletics -137, Pirates +113; over\/under is 10 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates will aim to stop a four-game road losing streak when they take on the Athletics.<\/p>\n

The Athletics are 36-36 overall and 16-19 at home. Athletics hitters have a collective .331 on-base percentage, the sixth-best percentage in MLB play.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has gone 16-18 in road games and 36-37 overall. The Pirates have hit 86 total home runs to rank sixth in the NL.<\/p>\n

The matchup Tuesday is the second meeting between these teams this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Soderstrom<\/a> has 19 doubles, two triples and 12 home runs for the Athletics. Nick Kurtz<\/a> is 13 for 38 with a double and seven home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Spencer Horwitz<\/a> has nine doubles, a triple and nine home runs for the Pirates. Bryan Reynolds<\/a> is 10 for 37 with four doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 6-4, .289 batting average, 6.92 ERA, outscored by nine runs<\/p>\n

Pirates: 2-8, .225 batting average, 6.07 ERA, outscored by 32 runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Athletics: Luis Severino: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Brooks Kriske<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brent Rooker<\/a>: 10-Day IL (knee), Aaron Civale: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Denzel Clarke<\/a>: 60-Day IL (foot), Gunnar Hoglund<\/a>: 60-Day IL (knee)<\/p>\n

Pirates: Wilber Dotel: 15-Day IL (the pittsburgh pirates placed rhp wilber dotel on the 15-day injured list.), Konnor Griffin<\/a>: 10-Day IL (flexor tendon), Oneil Cruz<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hand), Chris Devenski<\/a>: 60-Day IL (illness), Joey Bart<\/a>: 10-Day IL (foot infection)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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