Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago White Sox 9/1/21 - MLB Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 08/31/2021 at 11:25 PM ET

Guaranteed Rate Field will play host to a Wednesday night MLB interleague battle between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago White Sox. The Pirates (48-84) have dropped 46 of their 66 road games and are sitting in last place in the NL Central Division. Last night, Pittsburgh SP Bryce Wilson (2-6) was tagged for four runs in five innings during a 4-2 road loss.
Once highly-touted prospect Mitch Keller (4-10 6.75 ERA) has yet to put things together at the major league level. In his last start, Keller gave up seven runs in five plus innings during an 11-7 home victory versus St. Louis.
The Chicago White Sox are 21 games above .500 at home and hold a comfortable ten game lead over second place Cleveland. During Tuesday’s victory, All-Star 1B Jose Abreu hit his 28th home run and scored twice. C Yasmani Grandal also went deep and reached base three times for the White Sox (77-56).
The White Sox will turn to talented left-hander Carlos Rodon (10-5 2.43 ERA) in the series finale. Through 114 plus innings, Rodon has struck out 163 batters and owns a sparkling 0.97 WHIP.
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Pittsburgh SP J.T. Brubaker has landed on the 10-day injured list with a right thumb contusion. Through 132 games, Pittsburgh ranks 30th in OPS and 30th in runs scored. For the season, Chicago ranks 6th in OPS and 5th in runs scored. Take the under. Final Score Prediction, Chicago White Sox win 5-2.