The Pittsburgh Pirates got off to a hot start before cooling down and dropping eight straight games, and have since played like a .500 club since. In their cool down period the team has seen their run differential drop; and on the year they’ve been beat by scores of 10-0, 12-4, 11-2, 14-1, and 17-4 while their biggest win was 5-0 in game two of the season.
Entering the game on Friday the night, the Pittsburgh Pirates have allowed 165 runs to scoring 124, and their -41 run differential ranks fourth worst, and the only National League team with a worse run differential is the Miami Marlins:
| MLB Run Differential | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American League | |||||
| West | RD | Central | RD | East | RD |
Houston Astros | |||||
49Minnesota Twins44Tampa Bay Rays59Texas Rangers17Cleveland Indians-9New York Yankees34
Seattle Mariners
12Kansas City Royals-12Boston Red Sox1Los Angeles Angels-7Chicago White Sox-33Toronto Blue Jays-26
Oakland Athletics
-7Detroit Tigers-42Baltimore Orioles-69National LeagueWestRDCentralRDEastRD
Los Angeles Dodgers
45Chicago Cubs57Philadelphia Phillies31Arizona Diamondbacks18St.