Pittsburgh Pirates Face Colorado Rockies

The Pittsburgh Pirates are hitting the road to Coors Field on Saturday where they will attempt to beat the Colorado Rockies. Pittsburgh has a slugging percentage of .408 and have struck out 695 times, while taking a walk on 290 occasions. They have 362 RBI's as well as 662 base knocks so far this season, while their team batting average comes in at .255. The Pirates have earned 111 two-baggers as a team and have hit 91 baseballs out of the stadium. Paul Skenes will be the expected starting pitcher for the Pirates. Skenes has pitched in 402 innings and has earned 485 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. The Pirates have an ERA of 4.22 for the year, and they have struck out 689 hitters. Pirates pitchers have allowed 72 home runs and 365 total runs. The Colorado Rockies have earned an OBP of .322 and a team batting average of .252 for the season. The Rockies hold a team slugging percentage of .410 and they are earning 4.59 runs per outing. The moneyline on this game has the Pirates at -145 while the Rockies are at +125. The betting total is set at 9. The Pirates have converted 69.0% of balls in play into outs out of 6,063 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 24th in professional baseball. And the Pirates have dispatched 242 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. So the Pirates relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 51.6% and have entered the game in 67 save situations. But the Rockies have tallied 81 HRs over the course of the season and 329 RBIs. The Pirates have accumulated 379 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .337. The game will be played at Coors Field in Denver, CO, and will be broadcast on Rockies.TV. The Pirates are seeking to improve their 38-37 record and 5.1 runs per outing average. Tomoyuki Sugano will be the expected starting pitcher for the Rockies.