Colorado Rockies at Pittsburgh Pirates 5/24/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Tuesday MLB schedule will get underway with a matchup between the Colorado Rockies and the Pittsburgh Pirates from PNC Park. The Rockies (19-22) have dropped 11 of their first 16 road games and are sitting in last place in the NL West Division. Last night, Colorado went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base during a 2-1 road loss against Pittsburgh. 

Twenty-nine year old southpaw Kyle Freeland (1-4 4.85 ERA) will make his ninth start of the season. Last time out, Freeland gave up three runs in six innings during a 5-3 home victory versus San Francisco.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are three games below .500 at home and are tied with Chicago for third place in the NL Central Division. On Monday, Pittsburgh scratched the winning run across in the eighth inning on an infield single by Yoshi Tsutsugo. 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes collected three hits and drove in the first run for the Pirates (17-24).

Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton has yet to name a starting pitcher for this game. The Pirates lack quality options on a staff that ranks second worst in the majors with a 4.96 team ERA.