Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates 7/31/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions

PNC Park will host game two of three Saturday night between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Philadelphia comes into this game with a 51-52 record after losing game one of this series 7-0. The Philadelphia offense is solely to blame for the loss going 1-28 on the day from the plate including 0-3 with runners in scoring position to leave seven men on base.

Vince Velasquez got the start for Philadelphia giving up five runs on six hits across two innings of work resulting in the loss. The Philadelphia bullpen struggled as well giving up six hits and two runs, while striking out eight batters across the next six innings of work.

Pittsburgh Pirates come into this game 25 games under .500 after the game one win. Pittsburgh got a lot from their offense posting 12 hits on the day including five with runners in scoring position. Gregory Polanco and Kevin Newman led the way for the Pittsburgh offense driving in two runs apiece.

Wil Crowe got the start for Pittsburgh posting his best outing of the year giving up no runs on one hit across six innings of work picking up his third win of the year. Much like the starter the Pittsburgh bullpen was lights out giving up no runs on no hits across the final three innings to close out the game.