US EditionDiamondbacks look to stop 5-game skid, take on the Pirates
- The Arizona Diamondbacks will host the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday at 8:10 p.m. EDT in Phoenix to start a three-game series.
- The Diamondbacks enter the game on a five-game losing streak while the Pirates hold a 19-35 record and recent moderate improvement under interim manager Don Kelly.
- Ryne Nelson will start for Arizona with a 1-1 record and 4.60 ERA, opposing Pittsburgh’s Andrew Heaney, who is 3-3 with a 2.91 ERA and 42 strikeouts this season.
- Arizona’s hitters collectively bat.255, the seventh-best MLB average, led by Corbin Carroll with 15 home runs and a.566 slugging percentage, while Pittsburgh struggles with a.244 batting average.
- A Diamondbacks victory could end their losing skid and bring their home record closer to.500, whereas the Pirates seek to build on recent progress despite their position at the bottom of the NL Central.
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