PBN Around the Horn

PBN Around the Horn: Quintana Set to Face His Old Club in Game Two

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2 years ago

April 22, 2022

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.

Friday, April 22nd, your Pittsburgh Pirates (6-7) play game two of a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs (6-7). Jose Quintana (0-1, 3.86 ERA) will face his former club, and his opponent will be fellow lefty Drew Smyly (1-0, 0.00 ERA. First pitch in Chicago is set for 2:20 p.m.

UPDATE: (5:54 p.m.) Pirates Lineup 4/22 vs. Cubs

Friday night baseball.#LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/4twBYwbElO

— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) April 22, 2022

UPDATE (3:30 p.m.)

The Cubs have released their lineup for tonight’s tilt against the Pirates

UPDATE (2:54 p.m.) The league as a whole is batting .231. Alex Fast points out that it’s the lowest in the history of baseball dating back to 1871. The Pirates as a whole are batting 14 points above league average at .245.

There are currently FIFTY SIX batters hitting at or below .200.

The league batting average as a whole is .231.

That’s the lowest league batting average in the history of baseball dating back to 1871.

— Alex Fast (@AlexFast8) April 22, 2022

UPDATE (1:07 p.m.) The Pirates and Cubs have an O/U line posted. As it stands, the O/U is at 7.5 runs. The Pirates are also +152 underdogs now.

UPDATE (11:55 a.m.) The Pirates and Cubs game has been moved to 8:05 p.m. eastern, 7:05 CT. Due to the forecasted rain.

UPDATE (11:15 a.m.) Every single Pirates victory has had to be a come from behind win. One of the crazier stats Jason Mackey provided all of us. The Pirates have come back from 3-0 deficits four times in their first 13 games. The last club to do it was the 1937 Detroit Tigers.

Pirates have come back to win from 3-0 deficits four times in their first 13 games this season.

The last time a team has come back to win from down 3-0 (or greater) four times in its first 13 games? The 1937 Detroit Tigers.

— Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) April 22, 2022

UPDATE (10:56 a.m.) The Pirates made history last night with their bullpen. Did anyone have this one on their bingo cards?!

The @Pirates are the first team to have their relievers…

-throw 6.0+ shutout innings on the road
-allow 1 hit or fewer
-allow 1 walk or fewer
-strike out 10+

…since July 19, 2001, when Arizona's Randy Johnson fanned 16 in 7.0 IP in the completion of a suspended game at SD.

— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) April 22, 2022

Weather: 90% chance of rain until 10 p.m. central time
TV/Radio: AT&T Sportsnet, KDKA Radio
Money Line: PITT +152 underdogs, O/U 7.5