Pirates Game Day Notes: May 8, 2011
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Pirates will close out a three-game series with the Houston Astros Sunday afternoon at PNC Park.
Houston rallied to win Friday's series opener 3-2, while Pittsburgh won 6-1 Saturday night.
The Pirates come into the game with a 16-17 record and are sitting in third place in the National League Central.
Only Cincinnati (17-16) and St. Louis (19-15) have better records in the division.
Pittsburgh's starting lineup today will be:
McCutchen, CF
Tabata, LF
Diaz, RF
Walker, 2B
Pearce, 1B
Doumit, C
Wood, 3B
Cedeno, SS
McDonald, P
The game starts at 1:35 p.m.
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