The suddenly surging Oakland Athletics continue their homestand against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates.
After starting the season with an 11-5 record the Pittsburgh Pirates have lost 11 of their last 14 games and are 1-3 on their current six-game Bay Area road trip, as they return to the Oakland Coliseum for the second game of a three-game series with the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday. The A’s have won four of their last five games after taking two of three from Baltimore over the weekend and they returned home last night, beating the Pirates 5-1 by plating a pair of runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Three Oakland pitchers combined to hold Pittsburgh to just two hits.
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Game Date: April 29, 2024
Game Time: 9:30 p.m. ET
TV Channel: MLB.TV – Oakland Athletics
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Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller (2-2, 5.14 ERA) will get the start after back-to-back outings where he allowed four earned runs and having allowed a home run in four of his last five outings. The A’s will counter with veteran southpaw Alex Wood (1-2, 6.59 ERA) in search of his second win in as many starts after allowing just one run over 5.2 innings in a win against the Yankees on Thursday.
Pittsburgh left fielder Bryan Reynolds leads the team with four home runs and 17 RBIs through his first 30 games. In his fifth season with the Pirates, Reynolds has six hits in his last seven games with two home runs and four RBIs.
Last season, Oakland won two of three against the Pirates in Pittsburgh, but have lost three of the last four at home against Pittsburgh after being swept in a three game series back in 2016.
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