Bailey Falter takes the mound for the Pittsburgh Pirates against Joe Boyle and the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will head on the road to begin this week and take on the Oakland Athletics in the first game of a three-game series at the Oakland Coliseum. This will be the first game this season between these two teams. The Pirates will look to inch closer to the .500 mark with a 14-15 record heading into this series. They are the No. 4 team in the National League Central with a four-game deficit over the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers. They also lost two of their last three games to the San Francisco Giants over the weekend. The Athletics are even further under the .500 mark at 12-17 heading into the week. They are the No. 3 team in the American League West, 3.5 games behind the Seattle Mariners. They won two of three games in their last series against the Baltimore Orioles on the road, including yesterday with a one-run win.
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Bailey Falter will start the game for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The left-hander is 2-1 this season with a 3.33 ERA and 18 strikeouts over 27 innings. He allowed just one run over seven innings in a 2-1 win against the Milwaukee Brewers at home in his last start. He allowed three hits with eight strikeouts and two walks.
Oakland will move down the rotation and start Joe Boyle in the first game. The right-hander is just 1-4 this season with a 7.06 ERA and 24 strikeouts over 21.2 innings. He pitched just 3.0 innings in his last start that ended in a 7-3 road loss to the New York Yankees. He had six strikeouts and walked four batters as well.
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