{"id":255220,"date":"2026-07-30T04:22:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/255220\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T04:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:22:36","slug":"arizona-diamondbacks-vs-pittsburgh-pirates-eduardo-rodriguez-vs-jared-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/255220\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Eduardo Rodriguez vs. Jared Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Pittsburgh Pirates are in the series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks in a Wednesday matinee matchup at PNC Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Jared Jones gets the ball for the early start time. The Pirates\u2019 second-round pick in the 2020 MLB Draft is 2-1 with a 3.72 ERA so far this season. After coming off Tommy John surgery last year, in his last start against the Chicago Cubs, Jones went six innings, giving up two hits and one earned run. The Cubs pulled off a 3-2 victory at PNC Park in 10 innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Buccos will face off against one of the league\u2019s hottest pitchers in Eduardo Rodriguez, who is 9-3 with a 2.64 ERA so far this season. Rodriguez made the first All-Star team in his 11-year career this past season, as he has emerged as Arizona\u2019s best pitcher this year. He picked up a win in his last start on July 24 against the Washington Nationals. He pitched six innings, giving up seven hits and two runs in a 3-2 victory in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">It won\u2019t be easy for the Pirates facing off against Rodriguez, but the team needs to find a way to finish off the homestand on the right foot.<\/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: Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3, 2.64 ERA) vs. Jared Jones (2-1, 3.72 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Pirates are in the series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks in a Wednesday matinee matchup at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[66345,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-255220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pirates-discussion","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}