Its Thursday, August 28 and the Pirates (59-75) are in St. Louis looking to take a third game in their four-game series against the Cardinals (65-69).

Braxton Ashcraft is slated to take the mound for Pittsburgh against Miles Mikolas for St. Louis.

The Bucs were held to three hits last night but squeaked two runs across the plate and that was enough for a 2-1 win. Rookie Bubba Chandler won his first career game allowing just one hit in four scoreless innings. Sonny Gray was the hard-luck loser allowing just the two runs - one earned run - over seven innings.

Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.

We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch the first pitch, odds, recent team performance, player

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