The red hot Pittsburgh Pirates will go for a 3-game sweep of the visiting St. Louis Cardinals today in an early one at PNC Park but not so fast. Sonny Gray will be toeing the rubber for the Cardinals and he has been in the zone. Gray is 8-2 with a 3.36 ERA, a 1.09 WHIP, and in his last start against the Cleveland Guardians he threw a complete game (which is rare these days) yielding just 1 hit, no runs, 11 K’s, and the Cardinals went on to a 5-0 win. Gray is also 2-0 this season against the Bucs with an ERA of only 0.75. Mitch Keller is slated to start for the Pirates. Even without Nolan Arenado, who is not expected to be in the lineup today, St. Louis should be able to get to Keller. Keller is 2-10 with a 3.90 ERA, a 1.22 WHIP, and has just 1 win over his last 5 starts. Pittsburgh has won 5 straight but keep in mind this team is still averaging only 3.5 runs per game and with a dialed-in Sony Gray on the bump, good luck.
TODAY’S PICK: ST. LOUIS CARDINALS