{"id":316512,"date":"2026-08-08T01:54:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316512\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:54:30","slug":"new-york-mets-vs-pittsburgh-pirates-zac-thornton-vs-carmen-mlodzinski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316512\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Zac Thornton vs. Carmen Mlodzinski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Pittsburgh Pirates are getting ready for three games set this weekend at PNC Park against the New York Mets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">This would be Mitch Keller\u2019s turn in the rotation, but a season-ending injury with his right arm will bring Carmen Mlodzinski back into the rotation. Mlodzinski last started a game on May 25 but was moved to the bullpen for June and July. Now that the calendar has turned to August, he is back in the rotation as the team\u2019s fifth starter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">He started against the Mets in the first series of the season back on March 29, where he pitched 4.1 innings, giving up 6 hits and 2 runs as the Pirates won 4-3 in 10 innings at Citi Field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Mets are giving the ball to rookie Zac Thornton, who is making his seventh start of the season. He is 2-2 with a 2.88 ERA. In his last start on August 1 against the Miami Marlins, he pitched 4.2 innings, gave up six hits, and took a 6-2 loss at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">With Mlodzinski back in the rotation, the Pirates hope that he can help the team in a position of need with the starting rotation in a bind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Location: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Broadcast: KDKA AM\/FM, Sportsnet Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Pitching Matchup: Zac Thornton (2-2, 2.88 ERA) vs. Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3, 3.15 ERA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">BD community, chime off in the comments section below for the game day thread. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Pirates are getting ready for three games set this weekend at PNC Park against the New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,114340],"class_list":["post-316512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-pirates-discussion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}