The Pirates and Cubs head to Williamsport, Pa for the third annual Little League Classic at 7:10 p.m. Eastern on Sunday evening. Mitch Keller (1-1, 7.94) will start for the home team Pirates vs veteran left-hander Jose Quintana (10-7, 4.11) of the Cubs.
This will be Quintana’s fourth start of the year against the Pirates. So far he’s held Pittsburgh batters to a combined .524 OPS on a 225/256/268 line. In 20 innings he’s walked 4 and struck out 21.
Quintana has been average this year against right-handed batters, allowing a .766 OPS (268/316/450) while being very tough on left-handers, limiting both power and walks, as they’ve managed just a .