Chris Archer (4-5, 4.36) will make his third start as a Pittsburgh Pirate Wednesday at 1:10 as the Bucs try to wrap up their nine game road trip with a winning record. Jose Berrios (11-8, 3.66) will go for the Minnesota Twins.
The Pirates have won the first two games Archer has started despite him going only a combined 9.1 innings and allowing seven runs (five earned). His calling card slider has been mixed in those first two starts. Of the 85 he’s thrown so far (which has been 44% of his pitches as a Buc), 13 have been whiffs, but he’s allowed 15 batted balls as well, three of which turned into doubles.