Friday, July 19, 2019

Series Preview - Phillies at Pirates: July 19th to July 21st

1971 Topps #682
1971 Topps #582
Friday and Saturday 7:05, Sunday 1:35
PNC Park - Pittsburgh, PA

Phillies 50-47, 3rd place in the N.L. East, 7 1/2 games behind the Braves
Pirates 45-50, 4th place in the N.L. Central, 6 1/2 games behind the Cubs

Phillies Probables:  Jake Arrieta (8-7, 4.54), Zach Eflin (7-9, 4.16), Vince Velasquez (2-5, 4.87)
Pirates Probables:  Jordan Lyles (5-6, 5.16), Trevor Williams (3-3, 5.17), Joe Musgrove (6-8, 4.31)

At the Ballpark:  Now this is cool.  The Pirates will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of their 1979 World Championship all weekend with a 1979 Pirates t-shirt being given out on Friday night (to the first 20,000 fans) and a retro bobble head giveaway on Saturday.  The Phillies and Pirates will wear throw-back uniforms on Saturday night and there will be a pre-game ceremony honoring members of the 1979 Pirates team.

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Cesar Hernandez - .279
Runs:  J.T. Realmuto and Jean Segura - 57
Home Runs:  Rhys Hoskins - 20
RBIs:  Bryce Harper - 69
Stolen Bases:  Jean Segura - 7

Wins:  Jake Arrieta and Aaron Nola - 8
ERA:  Aaron Nola - 3.77
Strikeouts:  Aaron Nola - 138
Saves:  Hector Neris - 18

Pirates Leaders
Average:  Josh Bell - .293
Runs:  Josh Bell - 71
Home Runs:  Josh Bell - 27
RBIs:  Josh Bell - 84
Stolen Bases:  Starling Marte - 13

Wins:  Joe Musgrove - 6
ERA:  Joe Musgrove - 4.31
Strikeouts:  Chris Archer - 106
Saves:  Felipe Vazquez - 21

2 comments:

Jim from Downingtown said...

I wonder if both teams will be wearing those bucket caps?

Several teams (Pirates, Phillies, Cardinals, maybe others) wore them for a short time in the 1970s, but only the Pirates stuck with them for several years.

Jim said...

I could be wrong, but my prediction is the Pirates definitely will and the Phillies will wear their baby blue road uniforms without the logo patch that was introduced in 1983.