Don't have much time to write up a full preview for tonight's game but I will leave you with a few nuggets of baseball goodness followed by my prediction for tonight. First, the Diamondback enter their series with the Pirates as one of the hottest teams in the National League having won 18 of their last 23 games, good enough for a .782 winning percentage. Wow, that is solid. Tonight's pitcher, Daniel Hudson, is 2-0 with a 4.71 ERA in his past 3 starts. Kevin Correia on the other hand has faced the Diamondbacks plenty of times in the past few years considering he was a member of both the Giants and Padres before landing with the Pirates this season. Correia is 4-8 with a 4.81 ERA. Justin Upton has owned Correia in his career hitting .351 in 37 at bats with 1 home run. All of that leads me to believe that the Pirates are going to struggle to keep the D-Backs off the board. The only way I see them winning tonight is by scoring a bunch of runs. Andrew McCutchen will have to stay hot in order to lead his team to victory.
Programming Note: Josh Harrison will be playing 2nd base tonight, replacing Neil Walker because Walker has a scheduled day off.
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