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Pirates Preview: Streaking Bucs Looking for Redemption vs. Marlins

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June 9, 2025

Photo provided by Matt Lynch

The Pittsburgh Pirates completed the sweep over the Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon, giving them their first three-game winning streak of the season.

Paul Skenes was excellent again, Braxton Ashcraft earned his first big-league win and Andrew McCutchen delivered the game-winning hit.

Fresh off the sweep, the Pirates (26-40) will host another National League opponent in the Miami Marlins (24-39), who took three of four games against Pittsburgh to open the season.

First pitch is set for 6:40 p.m. ET, and the game will be broadcast on SportsNet Pittsburgh and 93.7 The Fan.

Weather

The common theme for much of this homestand continues. Chance of thunderstorms this evening with temperatures around 70 degrees. Winds SW-WSW at 5-7 mph.

RHP Mike Burrows (1-1, 5.27 ERA) Will Start for the Pirates

Burrows is coming off his best big-league start when he got the win after throwing 5.1-scoreless innings against the Astros earlier this homestand.

The right-hander set a career-high in innings and strikeouts (six). Combined between his first two starts of the season, he had only five strikeouts in 8.1 innings pitched.

In those first two starts, Burrows was 0-1 with an 8.64 ERA (8er/8.1ip) and allowed three home runs.

Monday will be his first appearance against the Marlins.

RHP Eury Pérez (2025 debut) Will Start for the Marlins

Pérez will make his return from Tommy John surgery against the Pirates on Monday night.

The 22-year-old last pitched in 2023, when he finished seventh in the National League Rookie of the Year race after going 5-6 with a 3.15 ERA and 108 strikeouts in 91.1 innings across 19 starts.

In eight rehab starts between Low-A Jupiter and Triple-A Jacksonville, the right-hander went 1-1 with a 1.99 ERA and struck out 27 batters in 22.2 innings.

Pérez threw 6.0-shutout innings against the Pirates in 2023.

Marlins Hitters vs. Burrows

Pirates Hitters vs. Pérez

Henry Davis: 1 for 3, one strikeout
Andrew McCutchen: 1 for 3, one strikeout
Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 1 for 2, one RBI

Tidbits

Andrew McCutchen became the 190th player in MLB history to reach 2,200 hits in the Pirates’ win over the Marlins.
Sunday marked the second-straight game win which a Pirates’ pitcher got his first big-league win. Isaac Mattson was the winning pitcher on Saturday.
The Pirates are seeking their first four-game winning streak since last year from Sep. 8-11.