PBN Around the Horn: Doubleheaders Galore! Pirates & Reds Play Two

Welcome to the PBN Around the Horn. Here you’ll find news and notes from across Major League Baseball, your Pittsburgh Pirates, and around the Sports Now network.

Saturday, May 7th, your Pittsburgh Pirates (10-14) will play a doubleheader with the Cincinnati Reds (3-22). Starting game one for the Pirates will be JT Brubaker (0-2, 6.20 ERA). Brubaker’s opponent will be old friend Connor Overton (0-0, 1.69 ERA). Game one at Great America Ball Park is set for 12:35 p.m.

Game two’s probable starters will be Mitch Keller (0-4, 5.32 ERA) for the Pirates, and his mound opponent is Dauri Moreta for the Reds (0-0, 5.11 ERA). Game two is set for 6:35 p.m.

UPDATE (5:11 p.m.) The Reds have announced that Dauri Moreta will be their starter for game two. Moreta is 0-0 with a 5.11 ERA.

UPDATE (4:25 p.m.) The Pirates starting lineup for game two. Also, don’t forget the game will be televised on AT&T PITT2 channel.

Game 2 on deck.

We're on AT&T's PIT2 tonight: https://t.co/85dqD4HJ8F pic.twitter.com/sZTBNRIyd1

— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) May 7, 2022

UPDATE (3:54 p.m.) The Reds starting pitcher for game two has now been moved to TBD.

UPDATE (11:10 a.m.) Ke’Bryan Hayes has hit the ball hard this season. Hayes has hit the ball so hard, that he finds himself in the top 10 for an average exit velocity of 93 mph.

#Pirates Ke'Bryan Hayes among #MLB top 10 in average exit-velocity pic.twitter.com/lN7qhASxZd

— Joe Block (@joe_block) May 7, 2022

UPDATE (10:37 a.m.) Pirates’ pitcher, Mitch Keller finds himself ranked 7th in lowest exit velocity against.

#Pirates Mitch Keller allows 7th-lowest average exit-velocity in #MLB pic.twitter.com/0C0MwwzI05

— Joe Block (@joe_block) May 7, 2022

UPDATE (10:05 a.m.) The Pirates game one lineup.

We play two today.#LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/b4S2VxxPiG

— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) May 7, 2022

Weather For Game One: 55 degrees and cloudy
Weather For Game Two: 61 degrees and cloudy
TV/Radio For Both Games: AT&T Sportsnet, KDKA Radio 
Money Line For Game One: PITT -118 favorites, O/U, 8.5 runs
Money Line For Game Two: PITT -129 favorites, O/U, 9 runs

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