Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction: Pittsburgh to fight back in this game 2

Doubleheader action between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates is scheduled to take place at PNC Park on the last day of their series. With the Cincinnati Reds taking game one of this series, the question now is: who will prevail in this last game?

The Cincinnati Reds, who have a record of 61-57 so far this season, are now three games behind in the battle for the National League Central division and half a game behind in the race for the final Wild Card spot in the National League. The Reds may use a strong performance in game two on Monday to help improve their positioning in the National League postseason picture. Jake Fraley is right behind Spencer Steer with 18 home runs, 66 RBIs, and 113 hits for the Reds this season. Jake Fraley is also right behind Spencer Steer with 15 home runs. The starting pitcher for game two will be Luke Weaver, who has a record of 2-4 with a 6.75 ERA and 78 strikeouts so far this season.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are currently sitting at 52-64 on the year, 11 games down in the National League Central race and 8 games behind in the NL Wild Card race. They still have a remote possibility of making some noise over the next month and a half of the season, but they need to do so quickly because they are currently in last place in both of those races. Jack Suwinski has a team-high 21 home runs and 53 RBIs this season, while Bryan Reynolds leads the Pirates with 107 hits, a batting average of.271, and 54 runs batted in. Suwinski also leads the team in home runs. Andrew McCutchen also has the highest on-base percentage (.380) on the squad this season. Andre Jackson will get the ball to start game two for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He has yet to get a win this season and has a 5.16 earned run average along with 23 strikeouts.

I think Luke Weaver will have another one of his troubles in this second game, and Andre Jackson hasn't been all that spectacular in the few games we've seen him play up to this point, so the over seems like a good bet. In addition, despite the fact that I anticipate the Pittsburgh Pirates to have a stronger performance in game two, I will still be betting on them to win this match.