The Cincinnati Reds will try to channel their inner Chase Burns on Saturday and claw their way back into the series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, to whom they’ve already dropped the first two games of the series.
This time, they’ll send Nick Martinez to the mound in his return to the starting rotation. After the acquisition of Zack Littell at the trade deadline, Martinez was slated to move into more of a hybrid/long-relief role, but the immediate flare-up of Nick Lodolo’s blister meant he was shifted back to the rotation before his other role ever truly began.
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Pittsburgh will counter with Braxton Ashcraft, who hopefully isn’t even the best Ashcraft in building on the evening.
First pitch is set for 6:40 PM ET, with the gme televised on FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, which is too much of a mouthful to really want to ever say, let alone type.
Lineups below. Go Reds!
Today’s Lineups
REDS
PIRATES
TJ Friedl – CF
Spencer Horwitz – 1B
Matt McLain – 2B
Tommy Pham – LF
Elly De La Cruz – SS
Bryan Reynolds – RF
Miguel Andujar – DH
Oneil Cruz – CF
Gavin Lux – LF
Andrew McCutchen – DH
Spencer Steer – 1B
Nick Gonzales – 2B
Tyler Stephenson – C
Joey Bart – C
Noelvi Marte – RF
Liover Peguero – SS
Ke’Bryan Hayes – 3B
Jared Triolo – 3B
Nick Martinez – RHP
Braxton Ashcraft – RHP