Pittsburgh Pirates at Los Angeles Dodgers 5/31/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Pittsburgh Pirates will be in Los Angeles, CA Tuesday night for game two of three against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Pittsburgh comes into Tuesday as one of the worst teams in the MLB eight games below .500 after losing two of the last three games played to the San Diego Padres. Roansy Contreras got the start for Pittsburgh last came out allowing two runs on five hits across 5 innings of work leading to a no decision. The Pittsburgh bullpen pitched well allowing no runs on two hits over the next three innings before Chris Stratton gave up two runs on one hit leading to the loss.

Offensively Pittsburgh struggled against San Diego with only five hits in 32 at bats as a team including an abysmal 2-7 with runners in scoring position to leave six men on base. Josh VanMeter and Ke’Bryan Hayes showed the only life in the Pittsburgh offense driving in one run each.

The Los Angeles Dodgers go back home Tuesday night as one of the best teams in baseball riding a four game win streak following a four game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Tyler Anderson got the start for Los Angeles last game out giving up no runs on five hits across 6 innings of work leading to the victory. The Los Angeles bullpen was lights out giving up no runs on two hits across two innings before Craig Kimbrel came on in the 9th giving up one run to secure the save.

Freddie Freeman leads the Los Angeles offense this season with a .306 batting average to go along with a team high 55 hits. Mookie Betts leads  Los Angeles with 14 home runs on the year and Trea Turner boasts a team high 39 RBI’s.