Pirates at Indians 9/26/20 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Pittsburgh Pirates play the second game of their three-game interleague series on the road Saturday against the Cleveland Indians. Pittsburgh improved to 18-39 following its 7-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday, but the Pirates are in last place in the National League central 14 games behind the Cubs. However, Pittsburgh has played somewhat of a spoiler of late defeating the Cubs in three of their four games this week.

Third baseman Colin Moran is batting .255 to lead Pittsburgh and has team highs in home runs with nine and on-base percentage of .333. First baseman Josh Bell is leading in RBIs with 21 and second baseman Adam Frazier is leading in hits with 44. On Saturday, Pittsburgh will send Joe Musgrove to the mound. The right-hander is 0-5 with an ERA of 4.68, 45 Ks and 15 BBs.

Cleveland improved to 33-24 following its 5-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday. The Indians have won five straight and seven of their last eight. Cleveland is in second place in the American League Central just two games behind the first-place Minnesota Twins and just one game behind the second place Chicago White Sox and is battling for either division title or second place in the division.

Third baseman Jose Ramirez is batting .292 to lead Cleveland and has team highs in home runs with 17, RBIs with 46 and on-base percentage .384. Second baseman Cesar Hernandez is leading Cleveland in hits with 63. On Saturday, Cleveland will send Aaron Civale to the mound. The right-hander is 4-5 with an ERA of 3.99, 65 Ks and 16 BBs.